Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary)
THIS IS NEVER EVER AUTOMATED!
THIS IS NEVER EVER AUTOMATED!
It shouldn't even be scripted, because this shouldn't be about tens of branches anyway, and it certainly shouldn't be something all that common, or something is seriously wrong.
that common, or something is seriously wrong.
And btw, in this case the merge commit message should talk about what the dependency was, which is another reason why this shouldn't be scripted or automated.
scripted or automated.
(3) if you are done and ready with a branch, and it's time to just say "the development on this branch is all done, now I will ask upstream to pull it, and I'll merge this into my upstream branch" upstream to pull it, and I'll merge this into my upstream branch" THIS IS NEVER AUTOMATED!
THIS IS NEVER AUTOMATED!
Sure, you might script it ("I have 35+ branches that I will send out, I use a script to merge them all together"), but the act of running that script is not something d
THIS IS NEVER EVER AUTOMATED!
It shouldn't even be scripted, because this shouldn't be about tens of branches anyway, and it certainly shouldn't be something all that common, or something is seriously wrong.
that common, or something is seriously wrong.
And btw, in this case the merge commit message should talk about what the dependency was, which is another reason why this shouldn't be scripted or automated.
scripted or automated.
(3) if you are done and ready with a branch, and it's time to just say "the development on this branch is all done, now I will ask upstream to pull it, and I'll merge this into my upstream branch" upstream to pull it, and I'll merge this into my upstream branch" THIS IS NEVER AUTOMATED!
THIS IS NEVER AUTOMATED!
Sure, you might script it ("I have 35+ branches that I will send out, I use a script to merge them all together"), but the act of running that script is not something d