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HOWTO merge commits from the integration branch » History » Version 4

Loïc Dachary, 03/28/2015 11:41 AM

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After the [[HOWTO run integration and upgrade tests|tests successfully]] run on the [[HOWTO populate the integration branch|integration branch]]:
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* Assign issues that have been backported and tested without interaction with the original author to the [[HOWTO#Leads|lead]] because (s)he is the one deciding if the backport is good enough. Although a discussion with the lead could be engaged before testing, it is less work for a busy lead to review a backport that is known to pass integration tests.
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* Wait for all issues to be approved.
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The backports from the integration branch can be merged (via github so that the pull requests are properly tagged as being merged) into the release branch. 
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* for each pull request merged in the integration branch
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* go to the github web interface
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* click on the "Merge button"
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* add the "Reviewed-by:" field to the input box
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* when all issues are merged **git log --no-merges giant-backports ^giant** must be empty (i.e. the integration branch must have nothing left except diverging merges because all cherry-picked commits are now found in the giant branch).
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Since the merge is not from the integration branch, the commit that has been tested won't match the SHA which is inconvenient when trying to figure out if a mistake has been done. The content of the integration branch should be merged with a script instead of manually via the github web interface to avoid mistakes.