On 30 April 2013 09:04, Martin Sandve Alnæs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I suggested we name bugfix branches "fix-issue-#", and some have
> already started doing this.
>
> However, the branch name "fix-issue-#" is ambiguous since the issue #
> is project-specific and the fix may touch multiple projects.
>
> Since related branches should preferably share name across projects, I
> suggest using "fix-<project>-#" instead.
>
> In particular, there are now branches ffc/fix-issue-2 and
> instant/fix-issue-2, which are not related, but just looking at the
> names they could be related to the same issue. These would then be
> called "fix-ffc-2" and "fix-instant-2" respectively, removing
> ambiguity.
>

I don't see the ambiguity. In the FFC repository, I would expect that
the branch 'fix-issue-2' fixes FFC Issue 2.

It would be sensible to include the project name in the branch if it
fixes a bug reported in another project.

Garth

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