On 18/05/2011 5:14 AM, Eric Firing wrote:
> 3) We don't have to always push sets of changes from an original pull
> request to upstream; they can be consolidated using any of a variety of
> methods to form a new local feature branch with the same net effect but
> fewer commits (maybe only one), and then that can be merged (which
> should be fast-forward, no merge commit) and pushed to upstream.  This
> takes a little more work than simply accepting (merging) a pull request
> as-is, but in many cases it may be worth it because it can yield a
> cleaner history.  Similarly, if someone is developing a feature branch
> on github, and the net effect is correct but the branch has intermediate
> commits that distract from the net result, then a good practice would be
> for that person to consolidate the changes into a new feature branch
> with a cleaner history, close the pull request on the old one and open a
> new request for the polished branch.
>
I believe this script more or less automates the process: 
https://github.com/jeresig/pulley

Gerald.

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