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Posted to commits@solr.apache.org by ep...@apache.org on 2021/04/15 18:54:13 UTC

[solr] branch main updated: document handling central versus private branches (#79)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/main by this push:
     new b574364  document handling central versus private branches (#79)
b574364 is described below

commit b5743645dbe62a2ea4e31645b97a03d95c7377e7
Author: Eric Pugh <ep...@opensourceconnections.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 15 14:54:04 2021 -0400

    document handling central versus private branches (#79)
    
    Co-authored-by: epugh@opensourceconnections.com <>
---
 dev-docs/FAQ.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dev-docs/FAQ.adoc b/dev-docs/FAQ.adoc
index 1ea1aa1..5d6b004 100644
--- a/dev-docs/FAQ.adoc
+++ b/dev-docs/FAQ.adoc
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ This document provides a quick reference for frequently questioned concepts and
 === What do I do with NOTICE.txt if I don't have one to satisfy Gradle?
 
 You create an empty file, similar to the `/solr/licenses/antlr4-runtime-NOTICE.txt`
+
+=== What are best practices for branches in Git?
+
+Most committers already use a private fork branch for PRs.  Use of central branches
+is ok for very collaborative work, but 95% of the time it is better to use a private
+branch to avoid extra mailing list traffic etc.
+
+Periodically review https://github.com/apache/solr/branches/all to see if you have
+created a branch that can be deleted.