On Sun, 8 May 2016 01:52:22 +0200
Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Hi gents
> 
> After yet another discussion about git in the #gentoo-dev channel tonight, the
> topic of merge commits came up for the umpteenth time.
> 
> We all seem to agree merge commits are really bad design, add clutter to the
> log graph after a while and should be banned altogether from reaching the
> central repository.
> 
> As of now, no policy is in place yet to keep developers from pushing merge
> commits.
> 
> What is the correct course of action? I would very much like it to be worded in
> a document (GLEP and/or Wiki page) so that confusion is avoided and we all are
> on the same page on this topic.

You start by accepting my retirement.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>