RE: new file leaked onto release branch

>> I pointed out one anomaly which is the commit should never have
>> been created because it was not even a fast forward but already
>> up-to-date case, and it was followed up with exchange of a few
>> messages between Linus and you.
>> 
>
>I don't remember any of the details now, but I remember that an old
>version of git or cogito would create bogus fast-forward 
>merges, if they
>were used without GNU coreutils. The machine it happend on was running
>FreeBSD 4.10, but current versions work fine.