Re: GCC repo is locked?
Project / Subsystem
gcc / gcc
Date
2026-07-25
Proposer
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Potential inconvenience for developers who prefer using the main repository for all their work.
- • Requires developers to manage separate repositories for personal work, adding a small layer of complexity.
- • Improved stability and reliability of the main repository's push operations.
All attributes
- project
- gcc
- subsystem
- gcc
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- CAH6eHdQOFhEcT5knmeUOgb2Y3edmJxTpE16TwO8k=GSwB2MVfA@mail.gmail.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: GCC repo is locked?
- headline
- Discourage personal branches in the main GCC repository
- tldr
- Discussion on discouraging or disallowing personal branches in the main GCC repository due to recurring push hook issues.
- proposer
- Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Potential inconvenience for developers who prefer using the main repository for all their work.
- • Requires developers to manage separate repositories for personal work, adding a small layer of complexity.
- • Improved stability and reliability of the main repository's push operations.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • repository management
- • git
- • workflow
- • infrastructure
- url
- https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAH6eHdQOFhEcT5knmeUOgb2Y3edmJxTpE16TwO8k=GSwB2MVfA@mail.gmail.com
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
Re: GCC repo is locked?
This thread discusses recent issues with the GCC repository being temporarily locked due to users pushing personal branches, which interferes with server hooks intended for official branches. Jonathan Wakely suggests that personal branches should be discouraged or disallowed in the main repository, recommending alternatives like personal gitlab/github repositories or forge.sourceware.org for such work to avoid recurring problems with server hooks.