Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-29 Thread Carlton Gibson
OK, just to double-confirm. We will move the `soc` and `attic` branches to tags[*] with the next releases (Nov 4th that will be). [*] Loosely: A branch is just tag that updates right? You can check them out, or create new branches from them just as easily. And these are "branches" that never

Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-21 Thread Shai Berger
+1 for keeping some way to reach these. I was going to suggest two steps: Moving the soc*/* branches "under" attic (that is, renaming them with the attic prefix), and using something like "zzzattic" for the attic prefix so all attic branches get pushed to the end of the list and don't get in the

Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-10 Thread Carlton Gibson
Tom’s Tag idea seems to hit the balance. I’d like to clean them out. I use git branch all day and they’re just noise there. Tags would keep the references we’d need to check them out, without the additional work of creating a separate repo, or learning new/arcane git features, which don’t merit

Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-10 Thread Tim Graham
Same proposal from 2016: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/sf2adeIAkQA/discussion On Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 4:09:24 PM UTC-4, Tom Forbes wrote: > > I second this, there are a few other branches in that list (successful or > not) that have historic value to Django. Is

Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-10 Thread Tom Forbes
I second this, there are a few other branches in that list (successful or not) that have historic value to Django. Is there a pressing need to delete them, other than spring cleaning? I guess maybe it’s sentimental value, and nobody would ever check them out, but still... Tom > On 10 Oct

Re: Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-10 Thread Adam Johnson
Can we leave magic-removal as a tag since it’s such a pivotal point in djangos history? xD On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 19:09, Mariusz Felisiak wrote: > Hi y'all, > > We're going to remove some old branches from the Django Git repository > on 1st November 2019: > >- *9* old branches related

Removing old branches from the Django Git repository.

2019-10-10 Thread Mariusz Felisiak
Hi y'all, We're going to remove some old branches from the Django Git repository on 1st November 2019: - *9* old branches related with Google SOC projects: - soc2009/admin-ui - soc2009/http-wsgi-improvements - soc2009/i18n-improvements - soc2009/model-validation