Ah that is useful!  Thanks Chad!

On Jul 2, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Chad wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've just come across (and enabled) a feature in Gerrit that I think
> many will find useful. I'm calling them "personal sandboxes." The
> basic premise is that each user can have a personal branch space
> that they have push rights to that don't require admin intervention.
> 
> The branches are named in the format "sandbox/$username/*" so I
> could make a sandbox called "sandbox/demon/weekend-hacking"
> and push that to gerrit without requiring review or anyone to make
> the branch first. Quick example:
> 
> $ cd mediawiki/core
> $ git checkout -b sandbox/demon/foo-bar
> [ hack away ]
> $ git push --set-upstream origin sandbox/demon/foo-bar
> 
> (The --set-upstream is only necessary the first time you push)
> 
> This isn't designed to replace long-lived branches where you are
> collaborating with others, but to simply give you a space where you
> can push some work when you want to stash it (and it should be
> viewable by Gitweb, if you want others to see it).
> 
> Happy hacking!
> 
> -Chad
> 
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