Re: GIT and the current -stable

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Date: Apr 14, 2007, 17:19 UTC
Message-ID: <20070414171908.GU10574@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
In-Reply-To: <5A4D6434-3DF2-4CC7-B363-260E5F945F72@silverinsanity.com>

* Brian Gernhardt (benji@silverinsanity.com) wrote:

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> On Apr 14, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
> >I've already put a tree like this up on kernel.org.  The master branch
> >is Linus' tree, and there's branches for each of the stable releases
> >called linux-2.6.[12-20].y (I didn't add 2.6.11.y).
> >
> >http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=summary
> 
> Is HEAD for that repo the most recent stable branch, or (as gitweb  
> makes it look) Linus's head.  I'd expect a "-stable" repo to point at  
> the most recent stable commit, not the most recent development  
> commit.  And I'd also expect gitweb's summary page to show the  
> shortlog for HEAd.  One of my assumptions are being broken and I  
> don't like it.  It leaves me all confused...

As I mentioned. The master branch (HEAD) is Linus' tree, and each stable tree is on its own branch. You'll find shortlog summarizes the main branch, so yes, gitweb's summary is a bit confusing based on your assumptions. This is a new tree and hasn't been publicized until now. It does make sense to have its head be the newest stable, I'll switch that around.

thanks, -chris