From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:42:57 -0500 Message-ID: <20061214174251.GA16819@tuxdriver.com> References: <200612141519.44294.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:11:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Greylist: delayed 1692 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:11:22 EST Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612141519.44294.andyparkins@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Guv3U-0007M0-1U for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:11:40 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751904AbWLNSLY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:11:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751952AbWLNSLX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:11:23 -0500 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3609 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751904AbWLNSLW (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:11:22 -0500 Received: from bilbo.hq.tuxdriver.com (azure.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.53]) by ra.tuxdriver.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id kBEHgwth011087 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:43:03 -0500 Received: from bilbo.hq.tuxdriver.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bilbo.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kBEHgv3n020032; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:42:57 -0500 Received: (from linville@localhost) by bilbo.hq.tuxdriver.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id kBEHgv5F020031; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:42:57 -0500 To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 03:19:44PM +0000, Andy Parkins wrote: > This patch makes all merge log messages of the form: > > Merge branch XXXX into YYYY > > Regardless of whether YYYY is master or not. > > "master" shouldn't get special treatment; making different log messages > based on the name of the branch is bad form. What if a user likes > "my/master" or "my/head" as their master branch? Why not drop the "into YYYY" part for everyone else? I don't find it useful at all, and is just confusing if I merge to a temporary branch and then pull that into master later. John -- John W. Linville