Launchpad itself

Best practice when conflicts arise in a merge request.

Asked by Haggai Eran on 2012-03-08

Hi,

I was wondering what is the best way to handle conflicts as they sometimes arise in merge requests. Suppose I've developed a topic branch, and created a merge request trying to merge it with the trunk. SupIf I understand correctly, I can either:
1. Merge the trunk's changes, resolve the conflicts and push to the topic branch.
2. Rebase the topic branch over the trunk, resolve the conflicts, and force-push to the same branch on launchpad.
3. Rebase the topic branch, and push it to a new branch on launchpad.

I understand that in some cases the first two options can confuse launchpad. What do you think is the best way to handle this situation?

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Launchpad itself Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
William Grant
Solved:
2012-03-09
Last query:
2012-03-09
Last reply:
2012-03-09
William Grant (wgrant) said : #1

Option 1 is the normal solution. Why do you think it will confuse Launchpad?

Haggai Eran (haggai-eran) said : #2

I'm not sure I remember the exact branch that caused these problems, but I remember something like bugs that were already in status 'Fix Released' changing to 'Fix committed' because the merged part of the trunk had fixes for them. Perhaps it was a bug that was already solved.

Best William Grant (wgrant) said : #3

Hmm, that should never have been possible. Merge proposal have never changed the state of bugs.

Haggai Eran (haggai-eran) said : #4

Okay, thanks!