From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754247AbXDNRTZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:19:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754245AbXDNRTZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:19:25 -0400 Received: from 216-99-217-87.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.217.87]:35619 "EHLO sous-sol.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754242AbXDNRTY (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:19:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:19:08 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Brian Gernhardt Cc: Chris Wright , Rene Herman , Linux Kernel , Greg KH , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GIT and the current -stable Message-ID: <20070414171908.GU10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org> References: <46206842.80203@gmail.com> <20070414083410.GU6602@sequoia.sous-sol.org> <5A4D6434-3DF2-4CC7-B363-260E5F945F72@silverinsanity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5A4D6434-3DF2-4CC7-B363-260E5F945F72@silverinsanity.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Brian Gernhardt (benji@silverinsanity.com) wrote: > On Apr 14, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Chris Wright wrote: > >I've already put a tree like this up on kernel.org. The master branch > >is Linus' tree, and there's branches for each of the stable releases > >called linux-2.6.[12-20].y (I didn't add 2.6.11.y). > > > >http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=summary > > Is HEAD for that repo the most recent stable branch, or (as gitweb > makes it look) Linus's head. I'd expect a "-stable" repo to point at > the most recent stable commit, not the most recent development > commit. And I'd also expect gitweb's summary page to show the > shortlog for HEAd. One of my assumptions are being broken and I > don't like it. It leaves me all confused... As I mentioned. The master branch (HEAD) is Linus' tree, and each stable tree is on its own branch. You'll find shortlog summarizes the main branch, so yes, gitweb's summary is a bit confusing based on your assumptions. This is a new tree and hasn't been publicized until now. It does make sense to have its head be the newest stable, I'll switch that around. thanks, -chris