Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

From: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Date: Dec 21, 2006, 21:17 UTC
Message-ID: <1166735878.5906.3.camel@nigel.suspend2.net>
In-Reply-To: <458A73A6.4010805@garzik.org>

Hi.

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 06:44 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:

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> Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 22:04 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >> I refreshed my git intro/cookbook for kernel hackers, at 
> >> http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html
> >>
> >> This describes most of the commands I use in day-to-day kernel hacking. 
> >>   Let me know if there are glaring errors or missing key commands.
> > 
> > Thanks for the work! I'd suggest also saying how to repack and cleanup.
> 
> Yes, I should mention repacking.  When you say cleanup, what 
> specifically do you mean?

Oh, I was just thinking of the related commands - prune-packed, count-objects, fsck-objects and so on. (I know repack does prune-packed when you use -d, but it might be handy to mention it anyway... or not :>)

> > Could also be a good idea to go through the steps for uploading to
> > master.kernel.org or elsewhere?
> 
> Yes, push should be mentioned at the very least.

Nigel