Re: Envisioned Gitlab workflow

[Charles Davis]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 12:04 PM Alexandre Julliard  wrote:
> -
>
> All patch series are submitted as Merge Requests, so that the
> proper information can be captured. The usual rules apply (small
> patches, small number of patches per MR, sign-off by submitter).
>
> There are various methods available for creating merge requests:
> - using the web interface
> - directly when pushing: git push -o merge_request.create
> cf. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/push_options.html
> - from the command line, eg. 'glab mr create'
> cf. https://glab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mr/create.html
> - by email
> cf. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/creating_merge_reques...

I take it, then, that MRs should have changes to generated files (e.g.
autoconf scripts) in them?
I know the long-standing policy of this project was that patches
*shouldn't* include generated files
in them, because you would regenerate the files when you committed the patches.