PyTorch Developer Podcast

Stacked diffs and ghstack

Episode Summary

What's a stacked diff? Why might you want to do it? What does the workflow for stacked diffs with ghstack look like? How to use interactive rebase to edit earlier diffs in my stack? How can you actually submit a stacked diff to PyTorch? What are some things to be aware of when using ghstack?

Episode Notes

What's a stacked diff? Why might you want to do it? What does the workflow for stacked diffs with ghstack look like? How to use interactive rebase to edit earlier diffs in my stack? How can you actually submit a stacked diff to PyTorch? What are some things to be aware of when using ghstack?

Further reading.

• The ghstack repository https://github.com/ezyang/ghstack/
• A decent explanation of how the stacked diff workflow works on Phabricator, including how to do rebases https://kurtisnusbaum.medium.com/stacked-diffs-keeping-phabricator-diffs-small-d9964f4dcfa6