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authorLiliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>2023-08-26 07:08:03 +0200
committerLiliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>2023-08-26 07:08:03 +0200
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@indicateurl{https://qa.guix.gnu.org/branch/@var{branch}}, with an
indication of its build status on various platforms.
+@cindex feature branches, coordination
To help coordinate the merging of branches, you must create a new
guix-patches issue each time you wish to merge a branch (@pxref{The
-Issue Tracker}). Normally branches will be merged in a ``first come,
-first merged'' manner, tracked through the guix-patches issues.
+Issue Tracker}). The title of the issue requesting to merge a branch
+should have the following format:
+
+@cindex merge requests, template
+@example
+Request for merging "@var{name}" branch
+@end example
+
+The @url{https://qa.guix.gnu.org/, QA infrastructure} recognizes such
+issues and lists the merge requests on its main page. Normally branches
+will be merged in a ``first come, first merged'' manner, tracked through
+the guix-patches issues.
If you agree on a different order with those involved, you can track
this by updating which issues block@footnote{You can mark an issue as