[Kde-scm-interest] Re: Request regarding Git branches

[Torgny Nyblom]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:39:52 +0100
Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> I have a small request regarding git.kde.org, it resulted from a
> discussion with Chani:
> 
> Problem is, we cannot currently force-push on branches, nor can we
> delete them. I can understand that this is done for safety reasons,
> but it does not fit everyone's work flow. E.g. I tend to rebase a lot,
> and that does not work without force pushing.
> 
> So, Chani and I came up with this idea: We could allow force-pushing
> and deleting on branches (shares branches need communication anyway),
> but we could disallow it for master. This way, not much harm can be
> done, but it allows for a more flexible work flow.
> 
> 
> Thoughts?

It would have to be a per branch setting as for instance KDE 4.7 will probably be in a lot of git branches and quite some harm can be done with force push/branch deletion there.

/Regards
Torgny