Re: Caution when removing git branches

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Caution when removing git branches
Date: 2011-01-27 16:36:51
Message-ID: 4D419F23.9070508@dunslane.net
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On 01/27/2011 11:29 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Given that nobody is supposed to push temporary branches to the master
> repo anyway, an intended branch removal should be a pretty darn rare
> event. Now, our committers all seem to be pretty careful people, so
> I don't feel strongly about having extra security on this --- but if
> it's easy to do, it's probably a good idea.
>

Pushing a local topic branch by mistake seems much more likely to me.
Some protection against that mightn't be a bad idea. Maybe for example a
check on the branch name?

cheers

andrew

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