Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764377AbYBMA4T (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:56:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753286AbYBMA4L (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:56:11 -0500 Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214]:41409 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753620AbYBMA4K (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:56:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:56:04 -0500 To: Al Viro Cc: David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linville@tuxdriver.com Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-)) Message-ID: <20080213005604.GA5830@fieldses.org> References: <20080212055312.GA5631@kroah.com> <20080211.220726.157328337.davem@davemloft.net> <47B1C9F4.30402@garzik.org> <20080212.155107.251983955.davem@davemloft.net> <20080212235401.GL27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20080213001650.GY18625@fieldses.org> <20080213004841.GM27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080213004841.GM27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) From: "J. Bruce Fields" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1498 Lines: 37 On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:48:41AM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 07:16:50PM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > Ahem... Use of git-cherry-pick preserves commit information just fine. > > > > Not by default, at least (note they said "commiters", not "authors"): > > That's why you give it -r. What version of git have you tried this with? At least on my version, -r is a no-op, and the results are the same; the author is still kept and the maintainer changed. I thought it had been that way for ages. --b. bfields@pig:~/local/linux-2.6$ git --version git version 1.5.4.rc2.60.gb2e62 bfields@pig:~/local/linux-2.6$ git cherry-pick -r v2.6.25-rc1 Finished one cherry-pick. Created commit 0277143: Linux 2.6.25-rc1 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) bfields@pig:~/local/linux-2.6$ git cat-file -p HEAD tree 4018d5d93f857d946dd89acbb4e45c9da04eadaf parent b6ce068a1285a24185b01be8a49021827516b3e1 author Linus Torvalds 1202681894 -0800 committer J. Bruce Fields 1202863894 -0500 Linux 2.6.25-rc1 .. and I really need to call it something else. Maybe it is time to bring back the weasel series, since weasels always make me feel good about a kernel. -- 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/