On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM Cristian Le via Development
<development@qt-project.org> wrote:
>
> I want to gather some feedback about adding a .gitreview file for all repos. 
> The file would look like
>
> ```
> [gerrit]
> host=codereview.qt-project.org
> project=qt/qtbase
> defaultbranch=dev
> ```
>
> This would help with out-of-the-box support for some IDEs, e.g. on Jetbrains 
> ones it read this file to determine the default for where to submit the 
> gerrit reviews.
>
> If you have git-review cli you also have more simple interface to submit and 
> fetch changes, e.g.
> ```
> (Cherry-pick gerrit change)
> $ git review -x <Change-ID>
> (Submit a change)
> $ git review -s 6.9
> ```
>
> For new external contributors this also signals straight away that the 
> projects are managed by gerrit and where to submit the changes.
>
> For more reference about the .gitreview check the upstream documentation [1]. 
> There is also a Jira bug I've opened about adding this file [2].
>
> [1]: 
> https://docs.opendev.org/opendev/git-review/latest/installation.html#gitreview-file-format
> [2]: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-132604

Yes, .gitreview is pretty standard for gerrit and there's no downside
for whoever isn't using it.



Regards,
Sergio Martins
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