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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the "branch <b> is not fully merged" error of "git-branch -d"
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:08:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtterwfwb.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy143wgao.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:59:43 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Having said all that, I do not mind if somebody wanted to further
> extend builtin/branch.c:branch_merged() so that users can explicitly
> configure a set of reference branches.  "The 'master' and 'maint'
> are the integration branches that are used in this repository.
> Unless the history of a local branch is fully merged to one of
> these, 'git branch -d' of such a local branch will stop." may be a
> reasonable thing to do.

If anybody is interested in doing this, I think the design should
also make sure these branches that are designated as reference
branches are protected from 'git branch -d'.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-07 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-07 16:28 Thoughts on the "branch <b> is not fully merged" error of "git-branch -d" Stefan Haller
2024-09-07 16:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-07 17:08   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-09-07 18:51   ` Stefan Haller
2024-09-07 20:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-09-08  5:33       ` Stefan Haller

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