Add exception regarding personal branches (python#276)

pablogsal · ezio-melotti · commit dff6745d1343 · 2017-10-08T22:08:23.000-07:00
* Add exception regarding personal branches

* Fix punctuation.
diff --git a/committing.rst b/committing.rst
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ repositories means you have to be more careful with your workflow:
   dedicated to maintenance of the work before the work gets integrated in the
   main repository.
 
+  An exception to this rule: you can make a quick edit through the web UI of
+  GitHub, in which case the branch you create can exist for less than 24 hours.
+  This exception should not be abused and be left only for very simple changes.
+
 * You should not commit directly into the ``master`` branch, or any of the
   maintenance branches (currently ``2.7`` or ``3.6``).  You should commit against
   your own feature branch, and create a pull request.
