To whoever has management permission on gerrithub, Could you please change the `Submit Type' config to `Rebase if Necessary'?  This will avoid explicit merge commits without the developer having to explicitly rebase the change before submitting. https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/project-configur ation.html#submit_type Thanks, Fraser

After discussion in CS meeting: Policy now set to "rebase if necessary". Ade

On Mon, 2017-10-09 at 12:38 -0400, Ade Lee wrote: > Can you describe a bit the ramifications of this change and why it is > needed?   > > I notice that most of the Openstack projects use the default "Merge > If > Necessary", and want to understand (or at least document) why we want > to do things differently. > > Ade > > On Sat, 2017-10-07 at 13:26 +1000, Fraser Tweedale wrote: > > To whoever has management permission on gerrithub, > > > > Could you please change the `Submit Type' config to `Rebase if > > Necessary'?  This will avoid explicit merge commits without the > > developer having to explicitly rebase the change before submitting. > > > > https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/project-config > > ur > > ation.html#submit_type > > > > Thanks, > > Fraser