[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 3/3] docs/releasing: Add note about using a staging branch

[Emil Velikov]

On 21 May 2018 at 18:34, Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com> wrote:
> ---
>  docs/releasing.html | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/releasing.html b/docs/releasing.html
> index 07f100caae1..20fc4579a32 100644
> --- a/docs/releasing.html
> +++ b/docs/releasing.html
> @@ -249,6 +249,25 @@ Now go to
>  <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/editversions.cgi?action=add&product=Mesa" target="_parent">Bugzilla</a> and add the new Mesa version X.Y.
>  </p>
>
> +<p>
> +Use a stanging branch:
> +</p>
> +<pre>
> +    git checkout X.Y
> +    git checkout -b X.Y-proposed
s|X.Y-proposed|wip/X.Y|

IIRC there was some git workflow tips that explicitly mentioned
keeping wip branches for ones that are (or can be) rebased.
An added bonus is that the name is shorter, and perhaps easier to parse ;-)

Other than that, thanks for the neat doc update. With the nitpicks
others have spotted, the series is
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>

-Emil