On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 10:59:22 -0500 Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 05:37:16PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 11:17:47AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > You might consider using a linear tree instead of the topic branches, > > > topics are tricky and I'm not sure it helps a small subsystem so much. > > > Conflicts between topics are a PITA for everyone, and it makes > > > handling conflicts with rc much harder than it needs to be. > > > > I like the concept of a branch per driver, because with that I can just > > exclude that branch from my next-merge when there are issues with it. > > Conflicts between branches happen too, but they are quite manageable > > when the branches have the same base. > > FWIW, I use the same topic branch approach for PCI. I like the > ability to squash in fixes or drop things without having to clutter > the history with trivial commits and reverts. I haven't found > conflicts to be a problem. Same. I think I've generally modeled my branch handling after Bjorn and Joerg, I don't always use topic branches, but will for larger contributions and I don't generally find conflicts to be a problem. I'm always open to adopting best practices though. Thanks, Alex
