Re: defunct branches

[Xiaojian Zhou <gz...@pivotal.io>]

Yes, I cannot find GEODE-3967 either.

%103 ~/git12/geode > git br -r | grep 3967

%103 ~/git12/geode >

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 9:28 AM Patrick Rhomberg <pr...@apache.org>
wrote:

> To elaborate on what Dan said:
>
> What has happened is that your local record of the remote references has
> 400+ remote branch references.  Some time ago, I raised the same concern
> that you have here, and we got that number down to a couple dozen.  But
> your local references are still there.
>
> git fetch origin will update your local references to your remotes,
> and the --prune
> option on that command will remove any local references that are no longer
> on the remote.
>
> For what it's worth, we do seem to have a handful of branches that are
> still getting pushed to origin for the sake of PRs, etc.  While remembering
> to delete your branches after the PR gets merged is well and good, I'd take
> it one step farther and encourage everyone to not sully the common space
> with their work-in-progress or PR branches.  That's exactly what a fork is
> for.  And then we don't get into this case of accruing extra references on
> origin in the first place.
>
> Imagination is Change.
> ~Patrick
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 8:46 AM Dan Smith <ds...@pivotal.io> wrote:
>
> > You just need to do git remote prune origin. Git doesn't remove remote
> > branches from your local copy automatically.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 8:08 AM Bruce Schuchardt <bschuchardt@pivotal.io
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry to spam everyone.  "git branch -r" seems to be a local thing.  I
> > > made a fresh clone of the apache repo and now only see the branches
> > > mentioned in the UI.
> > >
> > > On 4/17/19 5:06 PM, Jason Huynh wrote:
> > > > Hi Bruce,
> > > >
> > > > I am unable to see the same branches on geode repo.  I do see these
> > > > branches on my personal fork but that's because I haven't updated my
> > own
> > > > personal fork in some time...
> > > >
> > > > Is there a chance that your origin is pointing to your personal fork
> > and
> > > > not the Apache Geode Repo?
> > > >
> > > > I am also unable to see these branches through the ui:
> > > > https://github.com/apache/geode/branches/all
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 4:17 PM Bruce Schuchardt <
> > bschuchardt@pivotal.io
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> We have nearly 400 branches in the repo right now.  Most of them are
> > for
> > > >> efforts that have been merged to develop long ago.  Don't forget to
> > > >> delete your branches when you're done with them.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>