[Python-Dev] Move selected documentation repos to PSF BitBucket account?

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 15:04:47 CET 2014


On 22 November 2014 00:03, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 November 2014 00:00, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>>> As far as ignoring PR noise goes, we can still request that folks
>>> squash any commits (keep in mind that the proposal is only to move
>>> pure documentation repos, so long complex PR chains seem unlikely).
>>
>> Well, requesting that and actually getting it are two different things,
>> especially when I don't know of any way to rewrite a commit message after
>> the fact if we go back to someone and say "your commit message is bad,
>> please fix it".
>
> Worst case? Ask them to submit a new pull request.

Oh, the other option is to pull the patch from the PR, apply it
locally, and then use "hg commit --amend". It's still Mercurial under
the hood, it's just got a streamlined single-click workflow for the
cases where the patch doesn't need amending.

Cheers,
Nick.

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