From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [KORG] Re: kernel.org lies about latest -mm kernel Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:21:47 -0500 Message-ID: <45A1727B.7070302@garzik.org> References: <20061214223718.GA3816@elf.ucw.cz> <20061216094421.416a271e.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20061216095702.3e6f1d1f.akpm@osdl.org> <458434B0.4090506@oracle.com> <1166297434.26330.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1166304080.13548.8.camel@nigel.suspend2.net> <459152B1.9040106@zytor.com> <1168140954.2153.1.camel@nigel.suspend2.net> <45A07587.3080503@garzik.org> <20070107201146.GA21956@suse.de> <7v4pr21p0o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Greg KH , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 07 23:22:24 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H3gOp-0007CX-Vd for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:21:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965229AbXAGWVx (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:21:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965230AbXAGWVw (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:21:52 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:50669 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965229AbXAGWVw (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:21:52 -0500 Received: from cpe-065-190-194-075.nc.res.rr.com ([65.190.194.75] helo=[10.10.10.10]) by mail.dvmed.net with esmtpsa (Exim 4.63 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1H3gOi-0006Zz-Vh; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:21:49 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) To: Junio C Hamano In-Reply-To: <7v4pr21p0o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > Greg KH writes: > >> Any shortcut to clone or set up a repo using "alternatives" so that we >> don't have this issue at all? > > "clone -l -s" has been there for quote a long time (since mid Aug > 2005). Because -s implies -l since end of November 2005, you > should be able to say > > git clone --bare -s ..../torvalds/linux-2.6.git stable-queue.git Yes but what about existing trees? Can you add an alternatives file, then prune, and get the same result as if you had done a clone -s ? Jeff