[llvm-dev] [cfe-dev] How soon after the GitHub migration should committing with git-llvm become optional?

[Marcus Johnson via llvm-dev]

I say retire it instantly.

> On Oct 15, 2019, at 3:14 AM, Tom Stellard via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I mentioned this in my email last week, but I wanted to start a new
> thread to get everyone's input on what to do about the git-llvm script
> after the GitHub migration.
> 
> The original plan was to require the use of the git-llvm script when
> committing to GitHub even after the migration was complete.
> The reason we decided to do this was so that we could prevent developers
> from accidentally pushing merge commits and making the history non-linear.
> 
> Just in the last week, the GitHub team completed the "Require Linear
> History" branch protection, which means we can now enforce linear
> history server side and do not need the git-llvm script to do this.
> 
> With this new development, the question I have is when should the
> git-llvm script become optional?  Should we make it optional immediately,
> so that developers can push directly using vanilla git from day 1, or should we
> wait a few weeks/months until things have stabilized to make it optional?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> 
> 
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