Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932393AbWAKRwp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932402AbWAKRwp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:45 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:4236 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932393AbWAKRwo (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:44 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:52:41 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Kyle McMartin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move read_mostly definition to asm/cache.h In-Reply-To: <20060111173321.GC28018@quicksilver.road.mcmartin.ca> Message-ID: References: <20060111173321.GC28018@quicksilver.road.mcmartin.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 21 On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Kyle McMartin wrote: > > I accidently committed this to an up-to-date master branch, as > I forgot to check out the temporary branch I was going to commit > it on. Swapping the sums from .git/refs/heads/{master,read_mostly} > wouldn't break anything, if the only different between the two was > this commit, right? Correct. The branch head files really are just plain ascii references to the top commit, you can rename branches by just renaming the file (and thus switch branches by just cross-renaming them, ie just switching the contents). Linus - 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/