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* doc/contributing.texi (Managing Patches and Branches): Mention the expected
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@ -1589,10 +1589,21 @@ will automatically show up at
@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