Re: merging initial part of a branch?

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>]

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>External kernel projects sometimes work only against major
>>releases--it's easier for their users/testers to find a major release
>>than a random git version, and at least in the early prototype stage, it
>>isn't critical to be working on the tip all the time.
>>
>>Is there a simple way to say, for example, "merge in all the upstream
>>changes up to v2.6.15"?
> 
> 
> I haven't tried this for some time, but I presume
> 
> 	$ git pull linus tag v2.6.15
> 
> would do what you want.
> 

If it doesn't you might be able to do

$ git format-patch -m -k v2.6.14..v2.6.15 --stdout > mega-mbox-patch
$ git checkout our-own-branch
$ git am -3 -k mega-mbox-patch


That'll take some time though, so be sure to have a six-pack or two handy.

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