keepalive: avoid diverging commits in forks#20
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In forks of `gitgitgadget-workflows`, we want to prefer merging the upstream branch over generating keepalive commits that diverge from upstream. To that end, run the workflow every week, and ensure that there is a commit at least every 4 weeks in forks, but every 3 weeks in the upstream repository. That way, the forks should always pick up the upstream's keepalive commit. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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| test 0 -lt $(git rev-list --count --since=3.weeks.ago HEAD) | ||
| test 0 -lt $(git rev-list --count --since=${{ github.event.repository.fork == true && '4' || '3' }}.weeks.ago HEAD) | ||
| then | ||
| echo "::notice::No need to keep alive, there were commits in the last three weeks" |
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Should this message be more specific? If I understand this correctly (stop laughing!) the notice will be issued more frequently for four weeks.
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In forks of
gitgitgadget-workflows, we want to prefer merging the upstream branch over generating keepalive commits that diverge from upstream.To that end, run the workflow every week, and ensure that there is a commit at least every 4 weeks in forks, but every 3 weeks in the upstream repository. That way, the forks should always pick up the upstream's keepalive commit.