[Numpy-discussion] Commit rights on github

[Robert Cimrman]

Hi Fernando,

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Fernando Perez wrote:

> 2010/10/12 Stéfan van der Walt <stefan at sun.ac.za>:
>> - Then: merge into master, getting a fast-forward merge if possible
>> - Push back to github
>>
>> When I have large changes that consist of several commits on a single
>> topic, I normally explicitly ask for a non-fast-forward merge, so that
>> the history is not contaminated by a whole slew of commit messages.
>>
>
> My rule of thumb is: one or two commits, fast-forward is OK, three or
> more, I merge explicitly with --no-ff to make it easier to see them
> together with their own little branch.
>
> In case anyone is interested, we're having precisely this discussion
> on ipython-dev (where we've been using DVCS for over 2 years and have
> had ample opportunity to make every mistake under the sun, but now
> we're quite happy with our workflow and just fine-tuning it):
>
> http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-dev/2010-October/006746.html

Very interesting reading! I have always used tags to mark branches 
that were fast-forward-merged to master, but --no-ff makes it easier to 
see the actual branch.

Looking forward to the discussion being included in your dev docs,
r.