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vundercind on April 30, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hitting every branch on the way down

This is a great way to get me to clutter the shared repo with throwaway branches that I’ll later replace (deleting the old one—if you let me).

pjc50 on April 30, 2024 [–]

This is fine! This is a normal part of several popular git workflows. After all, a branch is just a pointer to a commit.

(Our workplace has a mix of github flow, which is one branch per PR: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-github/github-f... ; Atlassian Gitflow https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/... ; and the completely different Gerrit flow which ends up very rebase and amend heavy: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/intro-g... )

vundercind on April 30, 2024 | [–]

I thought you meant blocking all force-push. Shared branches should absolutely be protected (with an “in case of emergency, break glass” option)

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