Re: Process clarification regarding branches, merge requests

[John Wheeler]

On 11/15/21 1:12 PM, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Le 15/11/2021 à 20:05, Aaron Hill a écrit :
> > It looks like some folks even go as far as prefixing 
> > 'dev/<username>/'.  Is this again just personal preference?
>
> Even though I haven't seen it documented, it
> is the overwhelming convention to be sure to
> avoid clashes. I would say a branch without
> the user name would make sense if you plan
> to collaborate with others on it.
>
> Jean
The practice of using the dev/something branch is mentioned in the 
Contributors Guide, section 1.3. Summary for experienced developers, 
note on Git branches, "dev/foo: feel free to push any new branch name 
under dev/."

John