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From: Michael-Luke Jones <mike.luke.jones@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-mm] Move zlib compression library to common directory [TAKE TWO]
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 21:15:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <465DDB65.90207@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070530104747.41b4995f.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Lots of git goodies there - I didn't actually receive the patch: the parts
> which move files around were communicated via git metadata, not diffs.
> Presumably there's a way to tell git to not do that.
> 
> But probably it's best that this change be merged via git anyway.  David,
> are you interested in handling it?

Update: totally ignore this patch. Even using git-apply something gets
confused and git loses the meaning of the renames, turning them into
file additions and deletions.

A better version will no doubt come along. In the mean time, it looks
like I need to improve my git-foo skills...

M-L

  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-30 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-29 14:32 [-mm] Move zlib compression library to common directory Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-29 16:31 ` [-mm] Move zlib compression library to common directory [TAKE TWO] Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-30 17:47   ` Andrew Morton
2007-05-30 20:15     ` Michael-Luke Jones [this message]
2007-05-30 18:05   ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-30 19:20     ` Michael-Luke Jones

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