[llvm-dev] [lldb-dev] [Github] RFC: linear history vs merge commits

[Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 5:33 PM Tom Stellard via lldb-dev
<lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As part of the migration of LLVM's source code to github, we need to update
> our developer policy with instructions about how to interact with the new git
> repository.  There are a lot of different topics we will need to discuss, but
> I would like to start by initiating a discussion about our merge commit
> policy.  Should we:
>
> 1. Disallow merge commits and enforce a linear history by requiring a
>    rebase before push.
>
> 2. Allow merge commits.
>
> 3. Require merge commits and disallow rebase before push.
>
> I'm going to propose that if we cannot reach a consensus that we
> adopt policy #1, because this is essentially what we have now
> with SVN.
>
> What does everyone think?

I'm strongly in favour of #1: no merges allowed, enforced by the
upstream repository, and that for release branches we use cherry-picks
like we do currently.

Thanks,
Hans