Re: [ANNOUNCE] Shared pull requests (was Re: Workflow for i40iw patch submissions)

Leon Romanovsky
2017-09-26T16:21:40Z

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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:03:01PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote:

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> >> He started to complain about empty merge commit with v4.13-rc1, and continued with explanations
> >> about difference between back and forward merges. From my point of view, my intention to base
> >> shared pull request on latest -rcX is exactly forward (good) merge, because it ensures that
> >> all our future submissions for net/net-next/rdma-rc/rdma-next are completely in sync and
> >> ready to go.
>
> This is why, when I submit a pull request for -rc, I also merge it into
> for-next. It keeps this up to date as you say, without needing to pull
> in all of the -rc, so it gives Linus an easier history to look at. It
> does not, however, sync up the net side of things.
>

Doug,

What is the bottom line for the bases for shared pull requests?

Thanks

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