From 27fc8979d004884cf9ce246f8d21d546b18e3003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:16:37 +0100 Subject: HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- HACKING | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'HACKING') diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 0ff1eef27..d8ee634b1 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ merged even when they don't appear early in the list. * The 'master' and 'maint' branches should not be rewound, i.e., should - always fast-forward, except maybe for privacy issues. For 'next' (if - that will ever be implemented), and for feature branches, the announcement - for the branch should document rewinding policy. + always fast-forward, except maybe for privacy issues. For 'next' + (if that will ever be implemented), and for feature branches, the + announcement for the branch should document rewinding policy. If a + topic branch is expected to be rewound, it is good practice to put + it in the 'experimental/*' namespace; for example, a rewindable branch + dealing with Vala support could be named like "experimental/vala-work". ============================================================================ = Writing a good commit message -- cgit v1.2.1