From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20080909132212.GA25476@cuci.nl> <20080909194354.GA13634@cuci.nl> <20080909235848.GE7459@cuci.nl> <20080910054244.GB15715@cuci.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org To: "Stephen R. van den Berg" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 10 17:32:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KdRfm-0000K1-Bh for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:32:02 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751945AbYIJPaz (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:30:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751901AbYIJPaz (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:30:55 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:54125 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751654AbYIJPay (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:30:54 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m8AFUeeo004375 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:30:41 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m8AFUdXm012611; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:30:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20080910054244.GB15715@cuci.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.937 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,OSDL_HEADER_SUBJECT_BRACKETED X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: > > But then how would someone who clones the repository get at the information? You just said it wouldn't get there with fetches. If clone acts differently from a "full" fetch, something is really really wrong. > The information is essential to understand backports between the various > stable branches. No it's not. You can mention the backport explicitly in the commit message, and then you get hyperlinks in the graphical viewers. That works when people _want_ it to work, instead of in some hidden automatic manner that does entirely the wrong thing in all the common cases. What more do you want? Linus