Hi, That sounds great - the ability to work together on features off-master would be really helpful.
Andy On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 at 16:15, Mike Blumenkrantz < michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > After some discussions about git organization, it's become clear to me that > we should be trying to enact some changes which facilitate collaboration, > both between existing contributors and keeping in mind future contributors. > > The current git branch policy is this: > > * master > * $project-$version > * devs/$name/$branchname > > No others are allowed. This fits many use cases, but it does not actually > help us work towards collaborating on features/patchsets and instead > promotes developing in isolation. > > A simple proposal could improve this without requiring or significantly > changing our workflow: add "feature/" branches. For example, if Cedric and > I decide to work on a "feature" which scrapes the archive of this mailing > list and then crashes the session of anyone who replies to this thread, we > might jointly create a branch named "feature/discussion_helper" and push > commits to it. > > A key point of this proposal would be that the feature/ branches must > trigger mails to the mailing list just like stable branches. This would > increase visibility for feature branches as well as promote further > collaboration even from those who are not directly involved in creating the > feature. The initial feature development could be done in a dev/ branch, > and then it could later move to a feature/ branch once it has progressed to > the point where it is ready for public visibility and increased > collaboration. > > Lastly, feature branches would not be required use, just encouraged. This > allows people to continue the current EFL standard of always committing > only to master without any prior testing or branching, the need for which > has defeated other proposals which would prevent such action. > > I think this could yield significant improvements to the community's > overall workflow without massively changing the structure under which the > everyone has been functioning. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- http://andywilliams.me http://ajwillia.ms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
