{"thread":{"id":"3738","subject":"Selecting the minor revs","startedAt":"2006-03-27T23:49:53Z","lastAt":"2006-03-28T16:01:49Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Greg Lee","sean","Yasushi SHOJI"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"18040","messageId":"0e6701c651f9$2605aad0$a100a8c0@casabyte.com","threadId":"3738","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Selecting the minor revs","fromName":"Greg Lee","fromEmail":"glee@swspec.com","sentAt":"2006-03-27T23:49:53Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-27T23:49:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"glee@swspec.com","avatar":null},"body":"How do I select one of the \"minor\" bug fix revs using git?  For example I want to do a git\nbisect between 2.6.15.6 and 2.6.16 but I cannot determine what the naming convention is\nfor \"2.6.15.6\".  I've tried \"v2.6.15.6\" and \"v2.6.15-6\".\n \nPlease cc any responses.\n\nThanks,\nGreg Lee\n"},{"id":"18042","messageId":"BAYC1-PASMTP12827905B389678EB07BDAAED30@CEZ.ICE","threadId":"3738","inReplyTo":"0e6701c651f9$2605aad0$a100a8c0@casabyte.com","subject":"Re: Selecting the minor revs","fromName":"sean","fromEmail":"seanlkml@sympatico.ca","sentAt":"2006-03-28T00:02:01Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-28T00:02:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"seanlkml@sympatico.ca","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f92923f54fc08c401fc59b71829d4b89e9b8087fbba45ff87c82e6a83aee02ae?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:49:53 -0500\n\"Greg Lee\" <glee@swspec.com> wrote:\n\n> How do I select one of the \"minor\" bug fix revs using git?  For example I want to do a git\n> bisect between 2.6.15.6 and 2.6.16 but I cannot determine what the naming convention is\n> for \"2.6.15.6\".  I've tried \"v2.6.15.6\" and \"v2.6.15-6\".\n>  \n> Please cc any responses.\n\n\nIf you're interested in the stable-series releases of the kernel, unfortunately they're\nnot in the git repository.   On the otherhand if you're actually talking about the \nrelease candidates that Linus puts out before each new major version, the format is  \nv2.6.16-rc2, v2.6.15-rc3  etc..\n\nSean\n"},{"id":"18044","messageId":"0e7d01c651fb$fa11ceb0$a100a8c0@casabyte.com","threadId":"3738","inReplyTo":"BAYC1-PASMTP12827905B389678EB07BDAAED30@CEZ.ICE","subject":"RE: Selecting the minor revs","fromName":"Greg Lee","fromEmail":"glee@swspec.com","sentAt":"2006-03-28T00:10:09Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-28T00:10:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"glee@swspec.com","avatar":null},"body":"> If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the \n> kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository.\n\nAs I feared ... I'm curious, why?\n\nGreg\n"},{"id":"18046","messageId":"BAYC1-PASMTP1277D14C35B0D95512243BAED30@CEZ.ICE","threadId":"3738","inReplyTo":"0e7d01c651fb$fa11ceb0$a100a8c0@casabyte.com","subject":"Re: Selecting the minor revs","fromName":"sean","fromEmail":"seanlkml@sympatico.ca","sentAt":"2006-03-28T00:18:43Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-28T00:18:43Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"seanlkml@sympatico.ca","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f92923f54fc08c401fc59b71829d4b89e9b8087fbba45ff87c82e6a83aee02ae?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:10:09 -0500\n\"Greg Lee\" <glee@swspec.com> wrote:\n\n> > If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the \n> > kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository.\n> \n> As I feared ... I'm curious, why?\n\nBecause the stable-series is maintained by people other than Linus.   \n\nThey may have their own git tree, i'm not sure.  Even if they don't, \nyou could create a stable-series branch and import the patches\ninto your git repo if it was something you needed often.\n\nSean\n"},{"id":"18076","messageId":"f18709460603280801t47772341lcb32ccfd5261e021@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"3738","inReplyTo":"BAYC1-PASMTP1277D14C35B0D95512243BAED30@CEZ.ICE","subject":"Re: Selecting the minor revs","fromName":"Yasushi SHOJI","fromEmail":"yasushi.shoji@atmark-techno.com","sentAt":"2006-03-28T16:01:49Z","receivedAt":"2006-03-28T16:01:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"yasushi.shoji@atmark-techno.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 3/28/06, sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> wrote:\n> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:10:09 -0500\n> \"Greg Lee\" <glee@swspec.com> wrote:\n>\n> > > If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the\n> > > kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository.\n> >\n> > As I feared ... I'm curious, why?\n>\n> Because the stable-series is maintained by people other than Linus.\n>\n> They may have their own git tree, i'm not sure.  Even if they don't,\n> you could create a stable-series branch and import the patches\n> into your git repo if it was something you needed often.\n\nthey do.  and you can just do, ie for 2.6.15.y\n\n    git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.15.y.git\nmaster:v2.6.15.y\n\nyou might wanna use --tags for fetch.  see git-fetch(1) for more detail.\n\nsee http://kernel.org/git/ for other stable branches.  and thanks for\nstable branch maintainers.\n--\n       yashi\n"}]}