From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Lindgren Subject: Re: GIT tags Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:53:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20071023005330.GI17318@atomide.com> References: <5D8B5EC1EB6ED845B1EB216F00C71B650206ED60@dlee12.ent.ti.com> <5d5443650710220602j27abd789idbf1b7600ace50b6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d5443650710220602j27abd789idbf1b7600ace50b6@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com Errors-To: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com To: Trilok Soni Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org * Trilok Soni [071022 06:03]: > Hi Iqbal, > > On 10/22/07, Iqbal wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I see that the kernel is advanced from 2.6.23-rc8 to 2.6.23. > > When I do a git-tag -l, at the end I can only see 2.6.23-rc4 and not 2.6.23 or any tags between these two. > > > > So, what I understand is "this list doesn't mess up with the tags", the tags are coming from Linus/kernel.org. > > And, there is no hard fast rule that tags are always updated. > > True. You need to do "git fetch tags" for upstream. Looks like Tony > had not fetched tags from kernel.org. > > > > > Pl. correct me If I my understanding is wrong. > > > > Also, > > > > How can I get the date when I did the last git-pull/git-fetch? > > If you are not messing with your master branch then it will also point > you the latest pulled commit and ofcourse date for that commit. > > > If there are any good pointers on versioning please pass it on. > > > > If you mean the kernel versioning scheme then there are various > discussion threads and lwn.net articles/presentations might help. Sorry, sometimes I forget to do git-pull --tags from the mainline tree. I'll update the tags in linux-omap tree shortly. Tony