Re: Caution when removing git branches

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > On 01/27/2011 11:29 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Given that nobody is supposed to push temporary branches to the master
> >> repo anyway, an intended branch removal should be a pretty darn rare
> >> event.
>
> > Pushing a local topic branch by mistake seems much more likely to me.
>
> Yeah, that's probably true.
>
> > Some protection against that mightn't be a bad idea. Maybe for example a
> > check on the branch name?
>
> If we *don't* install branch-removal defenses on the server, then it's
> easy enough to clean up an erroneous branch push. Only if we do that
> does this scenario become a problem. I find myself agreeing with Robert
> that we may be creating an issue where none exists.
>
> At this point my vote is to leave it alone until and unless we see that
> people actually make this type of mistake regularly.

OK, I posted the information just so people would be aware of this issue
--- I didn't expect it to be common or something we needed to protect
against.

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