[cfe-dev] [Proposal] Automatically Cc: cfe-commits@ on Clang reviews

[Manuel Klimek via cfe-dev]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:19 PM Ben Hamilton <benhamilton at google.com> wrote:

> Right. I think the commits will show up with multiple (two, I think)
> projects, which should be fine.
>

Sounds good!


>
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017, 02:43 Manuel Klimek <klimek at google.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:58 AM Ben Hamilton <benhamilton at google.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Absolutely — I should have mentioned that we would keep the main rL
>>> project and continue to use it.
>>>
>>
>> Your original email said "Moving forward, only LLVM commits will be
>> identified with the prefix rL (as in https://reviews.llvm.org/rL12345) —
>> each project will get its own unique prefix, which might surprise some
>> users or require changes to tools which bake in the rL prefix".
>>
>> That seems to not be an issue, as long as all commits for all projects
>> are still reachable under the rL tag, right?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017, 09:23 Manuel Klimek <klimek at google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +llvm-dev, so we get wider input :)
>>>>
>>>> Given how unfortunate reviews that are started without cc'ing the right
>>>> list are (basically folks need to re-send the review from scratch), I
>>>> support this idea.
>>>>
>>>> Ben, couldn't rL still be available for all projects? (and be the main
>>>> project for LLVM).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 5:18 PM Ben Hamilton via cfe-dev <
>>>> cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OK. I confirmed that Stephan's process to send out cross-repo diffs
>>>>> from the monorepo is not affected by my proposal.
>>>>>
>>>>> tl;dr: https://reviews.llvm.org/D40312 (which was sent out on top of
>>>>> D40179 to emulate what happens with a monorepo after my proposal lands).
>>>>>
>>>>> Steps I took (starting with
>>>>> https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#for-developers-to-work-with-a-git-monorepo
>>>>> ):
>>>>>
>>>>> ===
>>>>> % git clone https://github.com/llvm-project/llvm-project-20170507/
>>>>> llvm-project
>>>>> % cd llvm-project
>>>>> % cp llvm/.arcconfig .
>>>>> % mkdir -p .git/info
>>>>> % echo .arcconfig >> .git/info/exclude
>>>>> # Manually apply D40179 into the clang-tools-extra directory
>>>>> % arc export --revision D40179 --git | patch -d clang-tools-extra -p1
>>>>> patching file .arcconfig
>>>>> % git diff
>>>>> diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/.arcconfig
>>>>> b/clang-tools-extra/.arcconfig
>>>>> index f846581763e..d4a00161bce 100644
>>>>> --- a/clang-tools-extra/.arcconfig
>>>>> +++ b/clang-tools-extra/.arcconfig
>>>>> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
>>>>>  {
>>>>> -  "project_id" : "clang-tools-extra",
>>>>> +  "repository.callsign" : "CTE",
>>>>>    "conduit_uri" : "https://reviews.llvm.org/"
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  % git commit -a -m "Differential Revision:
>>>>> https://reviews.llvm.org/D40179"
>>>>>  % echo "Test 1" >> llvm/README.txt
>>>>>
>>>>>  % echo "Test 2" >> clang-tools-extra/README.txt
>>>>>
>>>>>  % git commit -a -m "[Test] Monorepo test diff crossing Differential
>>>>> repositories"
>>>>>  % arc diff --create --reviewers sberg HEAD^
>>>>> ===
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 8:00 AM Stephan Bergmann <sbergman at redhat.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/21/2017 03:41 PM, Ben Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> >  > My understanding was that, while there currently is no official
>>>>>> > monorepo, it is at least possible and accepted to send single,
>>>>>> > cross-repo patches for review.  That would no longer be possible,
>>>>>> right?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I assume cross-repo patches would be constructed by hand, right? Or
>>>>>> do
>>>>>> > you mean using the unofficial monorepo from 2016
>>>>>> > <https://github.com/joker-eph/llvm-project>?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using <https://github.com/llvm-project/llvm-project-20170507> (as
>>>>>> advertised at
>>>>>> <
>>>>>> https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#for-developers-to-work-with-a-git-monorepo
>>>>>> >),
>>>>>> where such a "cross-repo diff" is just a matter of a plain 'git diff'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > An example of an existing cross-repo review in Differential would be
>>>>>> > nice—do you happen to have one handy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just happened to file <https://reviews.llvm.org/D40295> a moment
>>>>>> ago,
>>>>>> spanning clang and compiler-rt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > I think either way, we'd keep the ability to send cross-repo
>>>>>> patches to
>>>>>> > the top-level LLVM repo just the same way you could today.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I'll confirm that if you can help me construct an example cross-repo
>>>>>> > patch for review.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Stephan
>>>>>>
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