Re: GIT and the current -stable

[Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>]

* Brian Gernhardt (benji@silverinsanity.com) wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
> >I've already put a tree like this up on kernel.org.  The master branch
> >is Linus' tree, and there's branches for each of the stable releases
> >called linux-2.6.[12-20].y (I didn't add 2.6.11.y).
> >
> >http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=summary
> 
> Is HEAD for that repo the most recent stable branch, or (as gitweb  
> makes it look) Linus's head.  I'd expect a "-stable" repo to point at  
> the most recent stable commit, not the most recent development  
> commit.  And I'd also expect gitweb's summary page to show the  
> shortlog for HEAd.  One of my assumptions are being broken and I  
> don't like it.  It leaves me all confused...

As I mentioned.  The master branch (HEAD) is Linus' tree, and each
stable tree is on its own branch.  You'll find shortlog summarizes the
main branch, so yes, gitweb's summary is a bit confusing based on your
assumptions.  This is a new tree and hasn't been publicized until now.
It does make sense to have its head be the newest stable, I'll switch
that around.

thanks,
-chris