I would really like to collaborate on this. First one to start it; let the other know.
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:18 PM, David Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > So I was planning on doing that actually. Although, if you have the spare > cycles, go for it. > > > David > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Brian Bouterse <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I plan to turn this thread into a formal RFC once that process has been >> ratified. >> >> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Sean Myers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 02/06/2017 12:09 PM, Ina Panova wrote: >>> > Seems like we are trying to choose/figure out what's more important - >>> > linear commit history which is readable or confidence and ability to >>> track >>> > where exactly change had been applied? >>> > >>> > I agree with Mike and think that merging forward is so super simple, i >>> must >>> > admit i had issues to understand this strategy from the beginning but >>> now i >>> > could do that even with closed eyes. >>> >>> The problem, as has become very clear in the past few days, is that >>> merging >>> forward does not give us the confidence (or ability) to track where >>> exactly >>> a change has been applied. All it tells us is what commit hashes exist >>> on a >>> branch, which is not the same thing. You can record a commit hash as >>> merged >>> without bringing its changes forward, which is a necessary step in fixing >>> merge-forward mistakes. The best way to see if a specific change exists >>> on >>> a given branch, whether we're cherry-picking or we're merging forward, >>> as I >>> understand it, is to use 'git cherry'. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pulp-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-dev >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pulp-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-dev >> >> >
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