From e510f2d610b30013675c9b08bae92a9cfc4b5907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:33:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] howto/maintain: document "### match next" convention in jch/pu branch Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt index d90230726..e4fc2fa4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt @@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ by doing the following: The result is a script that lists topics to be merged in order to rebuild 'pu' as the input to Meta/Reintegrate script. Remove later topics that should not be in 'jch' yet. Add a line that - consists of '###' before the name of the first topic in the output - that should be in 'jch' but not in 'next' yet. + consists of '### match next' before the name of the first topic + in the output that should be in 'jch' but not in 'next' yet. - Now we are ready to start merging topics to 'next'. For each branch whose tip is not merged to 'next', one of three things can @@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ by doing the following: $ Meta/redo-jch.sh -c1 to rebuild the 'jch' branch from scratch. "-c1" tells the script - to stop merging at the '###' line you added earlier. + to stop merging at the first line that begins with '###' + (i.e. the "### match next" line you added earlier). At this point, build-test the result. It may reveal semantic conflicts (e.g. a topic renamed a variable, another added a new @@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ by doing the following: $ sh Meta/redo-jch.sh -u This removes topics listed in the script that have already been - merged to 'master'. This unfortunately loses the "###" marker, - so add it again to the appropriate place. + merged to 'master'. This may lose '### match next' marker; + add it again to the appropriate place when it happens. - Rebuild 'pu'. -- 2.26.2