A reminder about this: I intend to start this work tomorrow. If you have any PRs or branches you want left alone, speak now.
Based on feedback I've received, it sounds like the prototype/fdb-* branches are now done? If this is **NOT** the case, speak up. -Joan On 07/10/2020 18:10, Joan Touzet wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to clean up our branches in git on the main couchdb repo. This > would involve deleting some of our obsolete branches, after tagging the > final revision on each branch. This way, we retain the history but the > branch no longer appears in the dropdown on GitHub, or in git branch > listings at the cli. > > Example process: > > git tag archive/1.3.x 1.3.x > git branch -d 1.3.x > git push origin :1.3.x > git push --tags > > If we ever needed the branch back, we just: > > git checkout -b 1.3.x archive/1.3.x > > I would propose to do this for all branches except: > > main > master (for now) > 2.3.x > 3.x > prototype/fdb-layer > > ...plus any branches that have been touched in the past 90 days, that > still have open PRs, or that someone specifically asks me to retain in > this thread. > > I'd also like to do this on couchdb-documentation and couchdb-fauxton. > > I would propose to do this about 1 week from now, let's say on October > 15th. > > Thoughts? > > -Joan "fall cleaning" Touzet
