Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760324AbXK0XUy (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:20:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757015AbXK0XUr (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:20:47 -0500 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:53388 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754700AbXK0XUr (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:20:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:20:46 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Tilman Schmidt cc: LKML Subject: Re: git guidance In-Reply-To: <474C9B31.8000408@imap.cc> Message-ID: References: <474C9B31.8000408@imap.cc> 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: 1037 Lines: 25 On Nov 27 2007 23:33, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > >It didn't work too well. The first result was one of maximal >embarrassment: I produced a patch that didn't even compile when >applied to the official tree. This shouldn't happen with git, right? >Well, it did. So now I'm back to keeping a virgin kernel source tree >alongside my development area in order to produce diffs. That can't >be right? > No, it can't. Use stgit/quilt ;p >Does somebody have a step by step tutorial for doing the standard >"edit - test - modify - retest - submit - edit - resubmit" sequence >with GIT? Is there a GIT newsgroup or mailinglist? Or should I just >post my silly questions to LKML? > http://www.linuxworld.com/video/?bcpid=1138309735&bclid=1213841149&bctid=1221911905 James Bottomley's intro helps a lot. - 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/