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Why does branch-merge delete the branch

Asked by Uday Reddy

If I merge a branch located under a contributor's space (i.e., under ~user), it seems to get automatically deleted as soon as I push the merge to the trunk. The contributor gets confused with what is going on. He/she often has more work to contribute.

Are there some knobs that I need to set to block the automatic deletion?

Uday

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Uday Reddy (reddyuday) said : 		#1

I figured out the answer. The merged branches are not deleted. Sigh...

By default, Launchpad shows only the branches with "Any active status". There is a drop-down menu that is a bit hard to notice. If one picks "Any status", then the merged branches are shown.

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Tim Penhey (thumper) said : 		#2

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:42:52 you wrote:
> Question #119959 on Launchpad Bazaar Integration changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+question/119959
>
> Summary changed to:
> Why does branch-merge delete the branch
>
> Description changed to:
> If I merge a branch located under a contributor's space (i.e., under
> ~user), it seems to get automatically deleted as soon as I push the
> merge to the trunk. The contributor gets confused with what is going
> on. He/she often has more work to contribute.
>
> Are there some knobs that I need to set to block the automatic deletion?
>
> Uday

The branches are not deleted, but instead their status is set to "Merged".

Merged branches are not shown on branch listings by default. There is a
select box shown on the branch listing pages which defaults to "Active
branches". Merged branches are not considered active.