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Re: GIT and the current -stable

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GSGerb Stralko <gerb.stralko@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 14, 2007, 18:45 UTC
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<75b57c110704141145r2b371d5dpbcf915973b83789a@mail.gmail.com>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0704141028460.5473@woody.linux-foundation.org>
> Please don't do this. Using the same name for a branch as for a tag is
> madness. Call it "v2.6.20-stable" or anything else, but don't re-use the
> same naming as for tags.
>

Yes I have done this before, and it took me awhile to realize what was going on. It caused me some grief, and a few hours of lost time...Of course this was back in my earlier days ;)

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  1. Rene HermanApr 14, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2007
  3. Rene HermanApr 14, 2007
  4. Greg KHApr 14, 2007
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 14, 2007
  6. Gerb StralkoApr 14, 2007
  7. Chris WrightApr 14, 2007
  8. Rene HermanApr 14, 2007
  9. Rene HermanApr 14, 2007
  10. Julian PhillipsApr 15, 2007
  11. Brian GernhardtApr 14, 2007
  12. Chris WrightApr 14, 2007
  13. Brian GernhardtApr 14, 2007
  14. Chris WrightApr 14, 2007
  15. Julian PhillipsApr 14, 2007
  16. Uwe Kleine-KönigApr 14, 2007

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