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merge script TODOs

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the merge script and reviewing issue #1210, which superseded #923, before evaluating the listed TODOs. Done would require defining and implementing the agreed subset of checks, dry-run or validation modes, and execution safeguards; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

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Description

from #923 which was superseded by #1210

evaluate what still needs to be done to improve the script

TODO

  • check whether we're running from /tmp and don't output the "bail out" warning
  • check for chronic and any other tools we might need
  • use ccache rather than skipping autogen/configure (and configure in multiple ways?)
  • don't require running from the project root
  • check for required remotes, required branches, etc; notice if merged-master is out of date
  • notice if there are uncommitted changes and refuse to run
  • add "dry run" mode
  • add mode to validate others' commits, including noticing skipped PRs
Dominant language
C++
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Merged PRs (30d)
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