From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 2.6.26
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:57:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080517015705.GA20375@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805161544080.3020@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:47:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Do nice topic branches, where each branch has a reason for existing. The
> "x86-fixes-for-linus" branch has x86 fixes.
>
> This happens almost every time somebody starts using git properly: at that
> point the rebasing no longer hides bad habits.
Why do you consider rebasing topic branches a bad thing? It does help
keep the history much cleaner, and it means that I can test to make
sure the topic branch works well with the latest head of the
development branch.
Is there a write up of what you consider the "proper" git workflow?
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-17 1:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-16 22:38 [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 2.6.26 Thomas Gleixner
2008-05-16 22:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-16 22:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-16 23:44 ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-05-17 0:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 0:28 ` David Miller
2008-05-17 1:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 19:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-17 20:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 21:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-05-17 21:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 1:57 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2008-05-17 3:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 14:58 ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-17 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-17 20:37 ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-05-17 20:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-17 22:45 ` Jesper Juhl
2008-05-18 0:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-18 2:22 ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-05-18 22:09 ` Jesper Juhl
2008-05-18 22:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-20 0:01 ` Jesper Juhl
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2008-05-23 21:49 Thomas Gleixner
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