Inspired by the release cycle and development style of superior software projects, this repository features and describe the SBSC - Single Branch Single Commit - model:
- this repository will only have a single branch, aptly named
commit - this project will preserve only a single commit at all times, aptly named
amend - once accepted, merge requests are squashed and folded with
push -fonto the default branch
- Branching is complicated, it requires performing continuous rebase and may lead to unintended results
- In general, branches are not well supported by developerment tools - a study conducted by Google shows that a single branch model is friendlier to review systems
- Commit history is overrated, it adds unncessary data transfer and wait when cloning a repository. As a corollary, there is no risk of losing history when you have no history
- Copyright and CLAs are controversial, this model offers a paradigm shift on these concepts, by ignoring them completely
- Git deployment is still superior to a zip or tarball release
Fork this repository - no branches are allowed in the main one. Then open a Pull Request from your fork to this repository and it will be merged and then thoroughly reviewed by the project maintainers.
Designed in a Twitter thread by @kodabb et al. after too many software development process meetings.
Copyright 2020 - The SBSC Initiative
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