Re: [release-3.7] Tag v3.7.17 doesn't actually exist in the branch

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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Kaushal M <kshlmster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Kaushal M <kshlmster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Kaushal M <kshlmster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Kaushal M <kshlmster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> IMPORTANT: Till this is fixed please stop merging changes into release-3.7
>>>>
>>>> I made a mistake.
>>>>
>>>> When tagging v3.7.17, I noticed that the release-notes at 8b95eba were
>>>> not correct.
>>>> So I corrected it with a new commit, c11131f, directly on top of my
>>>> local release-3.7 branch (I'm sorry that I didn't use gerrit). And I
>>>> tagged this commit as 3.7.17.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, when pushing I just pushed the tags and didn't push my
>>>> updated branch to release-3.7. Because of this I inadvertently created
>>>> a new (virtual) branch.
>>>> Any new changes merged in release-3.7 since have happened on top of
>>>> 8b95eba, which was the HEAD of release-3.7 when I made the mistake. So
>>>> v3.7.17 exists as a virtual branch now.
>>>>
>>>> The current branching for release-3.7 and v3.7.17 looks like this.
>>>>
>>>> | release-3.7 CURRENT HEAD
>>>> |
>>>> | new commits
>>>> |                           | c11131f (tag: v3.7.17)
>>>> 8b95eba --------------------/
>>>> |
>>>> | old commits
>>>>
>>>> The easiest fix now is to merge release-3.7 HEAD into v3.7.17, and
>>>> push this as the new release-3.7.
>>>>
>>>>                              | release-3.7 NEW HEAD
>>>> |release-3.7 CURRENT HEAD -->| Merge commit
>>>> |                            |
>>>> | new commits*               |
>>>> |                            | c11131f (tag: v3.7.17)
>>>> | 8b95eba -------------------/
>>>> |
>>>> | old commits
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to avoid doing a rebase because it would lead to changes
>>>> commit-ids, and break any existing clones.
>>>>
>>>> The actual commands I'll be doing on my local system are:
>>>> (NOTE: My local release-3.7 currently has v3.7.17, which is equivalent
>>>> to the 3.7.17 branch in the picture above)
>>>> ```
>>>> $ git fetch origin # fetch latest origin
>>>> $ git checkout release-3.7 # checking out my local release-3.7
>>>> $ git merge origin/release-3.7 # merge updates from origin into my
>>>> local release-3.7. This will create a merge commit.
>>>> $ git push origin release-3.7:release-3.7 # push my local branch to
>>>> remote and point remote release-3.7 to my release-3.7 ie. the merge
>>>> commit.
>>>> ```
>>>>
>>>> After this users with existing clones should get changes done on their
>>>> next `git pull`.
>>>
>>> I've tested this out locally, and it works.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll do this in the next couple of hours, if there are no objections.
>>>>
>>
>> If forgot to give credit. Thanks JoeJulian and gnulnx for noticing
>> this and bringing attention to it.
>
> I'm going ahead with the plan. I've not gotten any bad feedback. On
> JoeJulian and Niels said it looks okay.

This is now done. A merge commit 94ba6c9 was created which merges back
v3.7.17 into release-3.7. The head of release-3.7 now points to this
merge commit.
Future pulls of release-3.7 will not be affected. If anyone faces
issues, please let met know.

>
>>
>>>> ~kaushal
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