Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161901AbaKNUvw (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:51:52 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]:34593 "EHLO mail-la0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754921AbaKNUvu (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:51:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1415998051.1847.2.camel@sipsolutions.net> References: <1415693712-23743-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> <1415693712-23743-11-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> <1415998051.1847.2.camel@sipsolutions.net> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:51:27 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AZJseiXBU3I1063Gp-k7fSqqh4g Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/21] backports: avoid git tree reinitialization To: Johannes Berg Cc: "backports@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Yann E. MORIN" , Michal Marek , Stefan Assmann Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2014-11-11 at 00:15 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" >> >> When using backports against for packaging with --gitdebug you either >> have to use --clean or assume the directory is empty already. In either >> case you start fresh. With integration this will be a bit different, you >> could end up with a project directory where the git tree was present but >> only the target directory was empty. >> >> Calling git init on an already existing git directory will reinitialize >> your git tree, that can reset some config stuff, let's avoid that. > > I guess I don't care much, but it seems strange to me that you'd use > --gitdebug in this case, you'd end up committing crappy patches to the > top-level kernel tree? It was very useful to me when debugging, hence --gitdebug. Also, each step is actually what some folks may want to see done / committed as that may have been work done manually before for each kernel release bump, now its just automated. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/