Hi everyone,
I was looking through the Gerrit configuration options a couple of days
ago, and I came across a setting that I thought was kind of interesting
and potentially useful, but I wanted some feedback before changing it
in case everyone thinks its a terrible idea.
Gerrit can be configured to attempt a dry merge when showing the
change to you and will then hide the "Submit" button if a clean merge
is not possible. When this is hidden, it will show a box near the top
(along with Topic, Owner, and the like) called "Can Merge" with a
binary Yes/No value.
I personally think it'd be useful to avoid the "merge and immediately
have Gerrit yell because it needed rebasing" scenario. It's also been
pointed out to me that it could be confusing to people as well to have
the button disappear.
Thoughts?
-Chad
