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Re: how to track multiple upstreams in one repository

From
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date
Jan 20, 2009, 03:34 UTC
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<20090120033402.GC8754@kroah.com>
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:52:16AM +0200, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:
>     I use something even simpler, please see the attached .git/config
> file that I use. It also uses remote branches, and rewrites the refs
> to something like: stable/v2.6.25/master or torvalds/v2.6/master. Also
> in order to fetch them I use git fetch stable/v2.6.25

You all do know that all of the -stable trees are automatically kept in one repo on kernel.org, so you don't have to jump through all of these hoops, right?

confused,
greg k-h
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  1. david@lang.hmJan 19, 2009
  2. Bryan DonlanJan 19, 2009
  3. david@lang.hmJan 19, 2009
  4. Ciprian Dorin, CraciunJan 19, 2009
  5. Greg KHJan 20, 2009
  6. Ciprian Dorin, CraciunJan 20, 2009
  7. Miklos VajnaJan 20, 2009
  8. Ciprian Dorin, CraciunJan 21, 2009
  9. Greg KHJan 21, 2009
  10. A Large Angry SCMJan 19, 2009
  11. Julian PhillipsJan 19, 2009
  12. david@lang.hmJan 19, 2009
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