[Buildbot-devel] github workflow for Buildbot source tree

[Charles Lepple]

I'm trying out github, and I was going to create a new branch to track  
some changes.

However, I "forked" djmitche/buildbot a few days ago, and my changes  
are small enough that, if I were working locally, I would just rebase  
rather than merge. I tried rebasing a doc change onto a later version  
of djmitche/buildbot/master, and GitHub refused my "git push" of my  
branch, since it wasn't a fast-forward. I created a new branch, and  
pushed that, and now I get a 404 for http://github.com/clepple/ 
buildbot (I'm hoping that last part was mere coincidence).

At this point, I'm having a bit of trouble separating what seems to be  
expected behavior with github, versus unexpected behavior due to  
github downtime.

I re-read http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/SubmittingPatches and didn't  
see any mention of rebasing. What is the recommended way to keep  
patches based on a current head?

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Charles Lepple