Apply minor fixes before v3.35.0

Author: PawelLipski

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -318,12 +318,14 @@ workflows:
       - python 3_11 git 2_38_1
       - python 3_12 git 2_46_1
       - python 3_13 git 2_47_0
-      - macos tests
+      # MacOS and esp. Windows tests take a relatively long time on critical path,
+      # and fail very rarely in isolation (i.e. in cases when tests on Linux don't fail).
+      - macos tests:
+          <<: *only_special_branches
       - windows tests:
-          # Windows tests take a relatively long time on critical path,
-          # and fail very rarely when other tests don't fail
           <<: *only_special_branches
       - coverage upload:
+          # Note that the jobs that were skipped due to the `filter` are apparently not treated as required.
           requires:
             *test_jobs
       - dry run releases:
@@ -341,11 +343,11 @@ workflows:
           <<: *only_master
           requires:
             - dry run releases
-      # Let's perform a GitHub release even if some of the preceding release steps failed,
+      # Let's create a GitHub release even if some of the other release steps failed,
       # to keep GitHub release history consistent
       - create github release:
           <<: *only_master
           requires:
             - dry run releases
 
-      # Note: there are also releases happening outside of our CI, see PACKAGES.md
+      # Note: most releases happen outside of our CI, see PACKAGES.md

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## New in git-machete 3.35.0
 
-- added: `git machete traverse --sync-github-prs`/`--sync-gitlab-mrs` suggests creating PRs/MRs for untracked branches (suggested by @bradneuman and @tir38)
+- added: `git machete traverse --sync-github-prs`/`--sync-gitlab-mrs` suggests creating PRs/MRs for branches without one (suggested by @bradneuman and @tir38)
 
 ## New in git-machete 3.34.1
 

tox.ini

@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ relative_files = True
 exclude_lines =
   except InterruptedError:
   if __name__ == .__main__.:
+  # Let's exclude Windows-specific code from coverage.
+  # To speed up CI, we only run tests on Windows on special branches (like develop/master) and not on regular PRs.
+  # Still, if we were to include Windows-specific coverage on these branches,
+  # then Codecov will always misleadingly show on regular PRs to develop
+  # that coverage dropped when comparing to the base branch.
+  # Note that the same CI logic applies to macOS tests, there're just no special coverage exclusion patterns
+  # (as there's no macOS-specific logic anywhere in git-machete, unlike with Windows).
   if sys.platform == .win32.:
   pragma: no cover
   raise UnexpectedMacheteException