From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.24-rc6
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:50:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071221035036.GE8535@fattire.cabal.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0712201937470.21557@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 07:49:05PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> >
> > I think I see the problem, it's lack of context in the diff,
>
> No, the problem is that "git diff" is apparently broken by a recent
> optimization. The diff is simply broken.
>
> The tar-ball and the git archive itself is fine, but yes, the diff from
> 2.6.23 to 2.6.24-rc6 is bad. It's the "trim_common_tail()" optimization
> that has caused way too much pain.
>
> Sorry about that, I'll fix it up asap.
>
no biggie, thanks!
cheers, Kyle
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-21 3:51 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <20071221024805.GB8535@fattire.cabal.ca>
[not found] ` <20071221030152.GC8535@fattire.cabal.ca>
2007-12-21 3:49 ` Linux 2.6.24-rc6 Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 3:50 ` Kyle McMartin [this message]
2007-12-21 4:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 4:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 4:50 ` Kyle McMartin
2007-12-21 4:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 5:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 17:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-21 16:56 ` Junio C Hamano
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