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Viktor Popov commented on KAFKA-6616:
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[~ijuma], this one looks really interesting. May I start working on it.
Regards,
Victor
> kafka-merge-pr.py should use GitHub's REST API to merge
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>
> Key: KAFKA-6616
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6616
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Ismael Juma
> Priority: Major
> Labels: newbie
>
> The merge script currently squashes the commits in the pull request locally
> and then merges it to the target branch. It can also cherry-pick it to other
> branches. The downside is that GitHub doesn't know that the pull request has
> been merged. As a workaround, the script includes a keyword in the commit
> message to close the pull request. Since the merged commit is different to
> the pull request branch, GitHub assumes that the PR was not merged.
> [~hachikuji] suggested that an API may be available that mimics what the
> GitHub merge button does. And he is correct. Given our recent transition to
> GitBox, committers have write access to GitHub, so it's feasible to update
> the merge script to do this. Rough steps:
> # Replace local squashing and merging with GitHub REST API for merging
> ([https://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/#merge-a-pull-request-merge-button)]
> # After the merge, pull changes from target branch and offer the option to
> cherry-pick to other branches (i.e. the code may have to be updated a little
> for the rest of the workflow to work).
> # Remove the code that adds "Closes #1234..." (e.g. "Closes #3917 from
> ewencp/stage-docs") to the squashed commit message.
> # Update wiki documentation and code to state that GITHUB_OAUTH_KEY must be
> set (it's currently optional since we don't rely on any operations that
> require authentication).
> # Update wiki documentation to remove the main downside for using the merge
> script and perhaps to recommend it.
> Wiki documentation:
> [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Merging+Github+Pull+Requests]
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