17 déc. 2023 23:29:59 Guy Harris <ghar...@sonic.net>:

> On Dec 17, 2023, at 10:08 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keu...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
>> 1. The GitHub mirror is picking up all our cherry-pick branches, which now 
>> run in the hundreds.
> 
> 1.5. Are cherry-pick branches deleted once the changes on those branches are 
> merged into the version branch and, if not, why not?  Do they serve some 
> purpose such as recording history that is, in some fashion, of interest?  The 
> changes themselves are in the version branch and, by default, the commit 
> message includes the signature of the commit from which it was cherry-picked.

They are deleted most of the time (when the option is checked in GitLab UI, 
which is the default value). Once in a while I delete a few stale merge 
branches that stay open because the corresponding merge requests were closed or 
because the delete option was not selected, to keep our branches number under 
control.
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