From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Prince Subject: Re: new file leaked onto release branch Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:26:12 -0700 Message-ID: <20051214212612.GA24501@socrates> References: <7virtrxv9c.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Brown, Len" , Linus Torvalds , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Dec 14 22:29:12 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eme7t-0002iC-1I for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:25:30 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932421AbVLNVZ0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:25:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932403AbVLNVZ0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:25:26 -0500 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:18169 "EHLO pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932356AbVLNVZZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:25:25 -0500 Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRI00B27BIDT840@l-daemon> for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:25:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRI003I9BICGMD0@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:25:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from socrates ([68.148.44.80]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRI00KB1BICV800@l-daemon> for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:25:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from socrates (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by socrates (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBELQCoj024830; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:26:12 -0700 Received: (from cougar@localhost) by socrates (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jBELQC1a024829; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:26:12 -0700 In-reply-to: <7virtrxv9c.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> To: Junio C Hamano Mail-followup-to: git@vger.kernel.org Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:45:51PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > I pointed out one anomaly which is the commit should never have > been created because it was not even a fast forward but already > up-to-date case, and it was followed up with exchange of a few > messages between Linus and you. > I don't remember any of the details now, but I remember that an old version of git or cogito would create bogus fast-forward merges, if they were used without GNU coreutils. The machine it happend on was running FreeBSD 4.10, but current versions work fine. Tom