Hi folks,
I am casting this vote for the previously discussed Git guidelines for
all committers to make life easier for everyone. If the vote passes,
every committer must abide to this.
The guidelines:
= Typical Issue Workflow =
1. Branch off a release branch (e.g., 4.4.x, 5.0.x) ({{{git checkout
-b <release branch>/<JIRA id> master}}}) where {{{<JIRA id>}}} being the
JIRA issue you have assigned to yourself, e.g., HTTPCORE-123 or
HTTPCLIENT-689. Exmaple: {{{git checkout -b 4.4.x/HTTPCORE-123 4.4.x}}}.
1. Work on your issue and create as many commits as you want/need
1. Polish it, squash it or fix it up into a single commit
1. Ask for a review if you are uncertain
1. Take care of a proper commit message (good reads:
[[https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/|1]] and
[[https://github.com/erlang/otp/wiki/Writing-good-commit-messages|2]]):
Put the title of the JIRA issue, e.g., [HTTPCORE-123] Memory leak in
response, in the first line, followed by an explanation why you did take
this approach. The ticket desc contains the issue, your commit message
contains the solution. If in doubt, ask for help and give people a
couple of days to react.
1. Request the release manager to merge your banch back to the release
branch and make sure that this merge won't incur a merge commit
1. When you close the issue, put a link to your commit to create a
direct relation between issue and solution.
= Side Notes =
1. Never rewrite (rebase) history on master or any other long-lived
branch because you will break others. Only the release manager is
entitled to clean up history right before a release if it is absolutely
necessary
1. If a change comes for a PR on GitHub:
* Apply the same above rules
* Don't steal authorship
* Let the reporter polish his work
* Amend the message at the end with "This closes/fixes #xy" and push.
Link: https://wiki.apache.org/HttpComponents/GitGuidelines
Vote is open until 2017-05-25 00:00 Etc/UTC.
[ ] +1 Committers must abide to these Git guidelines while working on
the code
[ ] -1 I do not agree with this guideline
We need at least three binding votes from HC members.
Michael
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