Notes: - Older release/* branches may be removed. - Do not remove branches like native-client-software-grant, sga2, wan_cq_donation, etc. Those need to be preserved as a provenance record. - Do not remove master or develop :-)
Anthony > On Nov 8, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Patrick Rhomberg <prhomb...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello all! > > We currently have 182 branches on the apache/geode repository. This is > excessive. > Please fork the main repository and save your branches there. If you > must use the apache/geode repository for some reason, please be diligent in > your removal of dead branches. > > *I would like to begin removing branches soon.* > > Many branches appear to refer to JIRA tickets that are closed, or have > pull requests against them that have been merged. These seem safe to > delete. > Many branches are thousands of commits behind develop or months to even > years old. Some of these branches have no commits since they were > branched. Release branches notwithstanding, these seem relatively safe to > delete. I suspect there are some that should be maintained for legal or > legacy reasons, in which case please let me know. > > This can be done most safely if you, as a responsible developer and > reasonably-clean adult, were to pick up your own room. If you have > anything listed under "Your branches" at [1], please copy them to your fork > and remove them from apache/geode. > > Thank you. > > Imagination is Change. > ~ Patrick > > [1] https://github.com/apache/geode/branches/yours
