the commit message, e.g. `Bug: #1234`, and use the automatic issue
closing syntax in the description of the merge request.
-### Access to the GTK repository
+### Commit access to the GTK repository
GTK is part of the GNOME infrastructure. At the current time, any
person with write access to the GNOME repository can merge changes to
0. Always write a meaningful commit message. Changes without a sufficient
commit message will be reverted.
-0. Never push to a public branch directly; you should always go through
- a merge request, to ensure that the code is tested on the CI infrastructure
- at the very least. A merge request is also the proper place to get a
- comprehensive code review from the core developers of GTK.
+0. Never push to the `master` branch, or any stable branches, directly; you
+ should always go through a merge request, to ensure that the code is
+ tested on the CI infrastructure at the very least. A merge request is
+ also the proper place to get a comprehensive code review from the core
+ developers of GTK.
If you have been contributing to GTK for a while and you don't have commit
access to the repository, you may ask to obtain it following the [GNOME account