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| author | Lance Ball <lball@redhat.com> | 2017-10-01 17:02:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Lance Ball <lball@redhat.com> | 2017-10-02 12:06:51 -0400 |
| commit | e517bc97d48da199e5e3af858e19173a209063c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 9edffea8bb4b2b1d8ca9ed8ac58b4f59a804b016 /doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md | |
| parent | b200a10c8b080e2f729af650b41476f6b40ebf9f (diff) | |
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doc: add 'git clean -xfd' to backport guide
When changing from a recent version, e.g. 8.x to an older branch like 6.x
test artifacts sometimes hang around and cause failures. Using `git clean`
will prevent that from happening.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15715
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md b/doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md index 9f48d940cd..07da834e14 100644 --- a/doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md +++ b/doc/guides/backporting-to-release-lines.md @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ cd $NODE_DIR git fetch upstream v6.x-staging:v6.x-staging -f # Assume we want to backport PR #10157 git checkout -b backport-10157-to-v6.x v6.x-staging +# Ensure there are no test artifacts from previous builds +# Note that this command deletes all files and directories +# not under revision control below the ./test directory. +# It is optional and should be used with caution. +git clean -xfd ./test/ ``` 4. After creating the branch, apply the changes to the branch. The cherry-pick |