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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: git and tags...
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:45:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051108184521.GB2689@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cda58cb80511080925l2d441604i@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:25:06PM +0100, Franck wrote:

> OK, so tags have been renamed into "linux-2.6.x". Why not using the
> same mainline name convention (v2.6.x) ?

The same reason that some people like blue and others prefer green ;-)

> I have another question (which is the first one in my previous email),
> how can I make my working tree a kernel version 2.6.9 for example ?

git-read-tree $(cat .git/refs/tags/linux-2.6.9)
git-checkout-index -f -a -u -q

> And the last question related to mips git repository, why does kernel
> v2.2, v2.4, v2.6 are in the same repository ? Why not seperate
> different major version of the kernel in a seperate repository ?

The extra space consumption for all these historic versions in a
compressed git repository is extremly little.

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-08 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-08 10:49 git and tags Franck
2005-11-08 11:01 ` Ralf Baechle
2005-11-08 17:25   ` Franck
2005-11-08 18:45     ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2005-11-08 21:31       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-11-09  9:43         ` Franck
2005-11-09  9:15       ` Franck

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