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code merge queue
code merge queue

For code merge sequencing

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Annotated version of 'Welcome to Gas Town'

“It will have a code merge queue,” I said.

“It will orchestrate workflows ,” I said.

“It will have plugins and quality gates,” I said.

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Term -- Merge Request - MR

Adds the PR to a code merge queue

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Term -- Polecats

Polecats: Gas Town is a work-swarming engine. Polecats are ephemeral per-Rig workers that spin up on demand. Polecats work, often in swarms, to produce Merge Request - MRs, then hand them off to the Merge Queue - MQ. After the merge they are fully decommissioned, though their names are recycled
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code merge request and code merge queue

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spaced repetition prompts - blog section 12 - Patrols

What does the Refinery's patrol do at its core? ? Processes the code merge queue until it's empty or it needs to recycle the session.

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spaced repetition prompts - blog section 4 - Gas Town 101

What problem does the Refinery solve? ? The code merge queue problem — workers conflicting over rebasing/merging when swarming.

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stomping code slop

link not tracked creates the opposite of leverage. Allowing it to enter your system is more like taking on high interest link not tracked. The system becomes link not tracked. Every subsequent change becomes harder to make. Nobody (including the AI) can reason about things. PRs have more conflicts. The code merge queue slows down as the conflicts need to be litigated. In short, it becomes a hot mess.

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