On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 16:39, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: >> We discussed earlier to potentially block the creation, and removal, >> of branches on the origin server, to prevent mistakes like this. It >> has only happened once in almost a year, so it's probably not >> necessary - but I wanted to raise the option anyway in case people >> forgot about it. > >> The downside would be that in order to create or drop a branch *when >> intended* a committer would need someone from the infrastructure team >> to temporarily switch off the branch-blocking setting, and then back >> on.. > > I think it would be sensible to block branch removal, as there's > basically never a scenario where we'd do that during current usage. > I'm not excited about blocking branch addition, although I worry > sooner or later somebody will accidentally push a private development > branch :-(. Is it possible to block only removal and not addition?
Yes, I think so. Either way it'll require a small addition to the scripts we're using, so I'll try to just turn it into two different settings. I don't see offhand any reason why this shouldn't work. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
