XFS Master Branch Re-based

XFS Master Branch Re-based

[Alex Elder]

In order to resolve a merge issue, and in preparation
for the imminent 2.6.36 release, I have re-based the
XFS master branch (it now appears to be a series of
commits based on 2.6.36-rc8).

Because of this, if you have local branch that tracks
the XFS master branch you will need to use care in
updating it in order to get the right outcome.  (At
the moment, a simple pull request will most likely
report conflicts.)  You must forcibly update your
local branch to match the newly re-based XFS master
branch.  To do this, you can supply a special refspec
to "git pull".

For example, if your local branch  "xfs-master" is
tracking the XFS "master" branch on oss.sgi.com, you
would force the update like this:
 
   git pull git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs.git +master:xfs-master

This produces a few warning messages.  When I did this with
xfs-master as my current branch I got:
    From git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs
     + 06e6f08...a731cd1 master     -> xfs-master  (forced update)
    Warning: fetch updated the current branch head.
    Warning: fast-forwarding your working tree from
    Warning: commit 06e6f08768cf3e070a557ba812d7a65231e19dd6.
    Already up-to-date.

You can use "git fetch" also, provided "xfs-master" is not
your current branch:

   git fetch git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs.git +master:xfs-master

Here I got:
    From git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs
     + 06e6f08...a731cd1 master     -> xfs-master  (forced update)


One other (unrelated) note, I pushed the 2.6.36-rc8 tag out
and it resulted in a message to the list.  (I've suppressed
these messages in the past and thought I should mention it
since this time one went out.)

					-Alex

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XFS "master" branch re-based

[Alex Elder]

The XFS master branch on oss.sgi.com has been re-based.
Commits made since the branch was last updated to
Linux v3.1-rc1 have been changed to be based on
Linux v3.1-rc9.

As a result, if you have any local branches tracking
the XFS master branch, a simple "pull" command will
not likely give the result you want.

The following command will forcibly update a local
branch named "xfs-master" to match what's in the
repository on oss.sgi.com.

    git pull -f git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs.git \
        master:xfs-master

Another branch named "master-pre-3.1-rc9-rebase"
has been created in order to preserve the commits
that had been published prior to this rebase.

					-Alex




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