Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > > On 01/27/2011 11:29 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Given that nobody is supposed to push temporary branches to the master > >> repo anyway, an intended branch removal should be a pretty darn rare > >> event. > > > Pushing a local topic branch by mistake seems much more likely to me. > > Yeah, that's probably true. > > > Some protection against that mightn't be a bad idea. Maybe for example a > > check on the branch name? > > If we *don't* install branch-removal defenses on the server, then it's > easy enough to clean up an erroneous branch push. Only if we do that > does this scenario become a problem. I find myself agreeing with Robert > that we may be creating an issue where none exists. > > At this point my vote is to leave it alone until and unless we see that > people actually make this type of mistake regularly.
OK, I posted the information just so people would be aware of this issue --- I didn't expect it to be common or something we needed to protect against. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
