Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756938AbXLUDtm (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:49:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752433AbXLUDtb (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:49:31 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:50273 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751690AbXLUDta (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:49:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:49:05 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Kyle McMartin , Junio C Hamano , Git Mailing List cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.24-rc6 In-Reply-To: <20071221030152.GC8535@fattire.cabal.ca> Message-ID: References: <20071221024805.GB8535@fattire.cabal.ca> <20071221030152.GC8535@fattire.cabal.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 697 Lines: 21 On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Kyle McMartin wrote: > > I think I see the problem, it's lack of context in the diff, No, the problem is that "git diff" is apparently broken by a recent optimization. The diff is simply broken. The tar-ball and the git archive itself is fine, but yes, the diff from 2.6.23 to 2.6.24-rc6 is bad. It's the "trim_common_tail()" optimization that has caused way too much pain. Sorry about that, I'll fix it up asap. 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/