Re: [PATCHv2] Update gitworkflows man page to include release workflow
From: Thomas Rast <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:42
It's nice to see someone work on this manpage :-) I sadly do not have the time to read the whole patch right now, though I'll try and catch up tomorrow or so. In the meantime I do have one remark: rocketraman@fastmail.fm wrote:
+The maintainer may use the following release workflow: + +He first tags the tip of 'master' with a release tag, then he updates +the 'maint' branch to the current tip of 'master' for managing future +maintenance fixes on the current release, and lastly he optionally +rebuilds 'next' from the tip of 'master'.
The current gitworkflows is mostly formulated in the imperative, as in
To test the interaction of several topics, merge them into a
throw-away branch. You must never base any work on such a branch!
or by directly describing the tools in the third person, as in
* linkgit:git-push[1] copies your branches to a remote repository,
usually to one that can be read by all involved parties;
It would certainly be nice to be somewhat consistent. Since at first
glance your description is aimed at the maintainer himself, I assume
that would mostly mean addressing the maintainer as "you", and
formulating the rules in the imperative.
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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch