Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Answer to a task in order to join Savannah Administration

[Adrián]

Hello folks,

any news concerning this?

Thanks,

Adrian.


On 02/10/2013 01:39 PM, Adrián wrote:
> Hello,
>
> following the indications published here[1], I chose the following task:
>
> task #12149: please delete master branch for FreeON project
>
> https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?12149
>
> (Note I chose this old task mainly because the others are quite
> similar).
>
> My answer will be:
>
> ***************************************************
>
> Hello Nico,
>
> I am writing you concerning the Savannah administration task#12149 (I am
> helping with the tasks there).
>  
> You have the required git instructions available here:
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/UsingGit
>
> -----
> *Removing a branch*
>
> We don't really like this, but there's a way to remove remote
> branches. We don't like it because this allow project members to
> potentially remove free software from Savannah, willingly or by
> mistake. This is mitigated by the fact it is very easy to push back
> changes.
>
> When removing a branch, only its reference is removed, and the commit
> are still reachable by their identifiers. However, Savannah may prune
> unreachable commits (git gc), so don't count on this.
>
> To remove a branch:
>
> git push origin :mybranch
>
> [...]
> -----
>
> Before to try this, please create just in case another branch remotely:
>
> git push origin master:backup
>
> Then continue:
>
> git push origin :master (this will delete the master branch remotely)
>
> And finally push it back:
>
> git push origin master (this will bring it back)
>
> (You can of course delete the backup branch following the same method, once
> you pushed master).
>
> That should work.
>
> If still not working, please let us know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian.
>
> 1 - http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToBecomeASavannahHacker