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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

  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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-05-23 21:49 Thomas Gleixner

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