Got it. Thank you, gentlemen. On Sep 10, 2013 8:45 PM, "Austin Seipp" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nick, just keep the ActiveBranches[1] page on the wiki up to date. I > plan on deleting all the dead branches (and sending out a warning > beforehand) after the 7.8 release. We'll be doing other cleanups then > too. > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Nicolas Frisby > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Herbert. > > > > Whom should I email you again when I'm ready to delete my other branches? > > You? Austin? > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hello Nicolas, > >> > >> On 2013-09-08 at 09:41:04 +0200, Nicolas Frisby wrote: > >> > I just merged in my -fdicts-strict work, so I was deleting the old > >> > branch… > >> > but it's rejected for some reason. > >> > > >> > $ git push origin --delete dicts-strict > >> > remote: performing tab-check... > >> > remote: + refs/heads/dicts-strict ghc <my-username> DENIED by fallthru > >> > remote: error: hook declined to update refs/heads/dicts-strict > >> > To ssh://[email protected]/ghc.git > >> > ! [remote rejected] dicts-strict (hook declined) > >> > error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://[email protected]/ghc.git > ' > >> > > >> > Git gurus chime in? Thanks. > >> > >> The current configuration doesn't permit risky operations, such as > >> deleting branches and/or non-forward-updates (imagine someone would > >> delete or rebase branches such as 'master' or 'ghc-7.6'). Moreover, > >> having commits disappear causes headaches with other facilities > >> (e.g. git submodules). > >> > >> Moreover, it was planned to define a Git ref namespace, where those > >> operations would be allowed to everybody, something like 'wip/*' (see > >> [1] for an example). Those branches could then also be made to be > >> ignored by the Git email notifier, so that rebasing commits doesn't spam > >> the Git commits mailing list. > >> > >> In the long-term, we should avoid cluttering the top-level branch > >> namespace[2] with topic branches, and move to a more structured naming > >> scheme, which leaves the top-level namespace to release branches. > >> > >> Long story short, I've deleted the 'dicts-strict' branch for you > >> > >> Cheers, > >> hvr > >> > >> [1]: https://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/ > >> [2]: http://git.haskell.org/?p=ghc.git;a=heads > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ghc-devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Austin - PGP: 4096R/0x91384671 >
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