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From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:19:54 -0600
Subject: [U-Boot] U-Boot git usage model
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On 10/10/2012 04:02 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
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> Ideally once a pull request happens the pull happens quickly.  If that
> doesn't happen, you could reply to the pull request asking that it be
> ignored in favor of a new pull request, or create a new temporary
> branch.  IMHO pull requests ought to request a pull of a specific SHA1
> along with the branch name (it'd be nice if the command to pull could
> verify that the SHA1 is in the history of the branch name, and include
> the branch name in the commit message, but merge based on the SHA1).

I believe that's (part of) why Linux is tending towards pull requests of
a (signed) tag rather than a branch, since the tag always points at a
specific commit, and incremental pull requests can just create a new tag
name. Of course, the ability to sign tags also also a motivator.