How do I select one of the "minor" bug fix revs using git? For example I want to do a git bisect between 2.6.15.6 and 2.6.16 but I cannot determine what the naming convention is for "2.6.15.6". I've tried "v2.6.15.6" and "v2.6.15-6". Please cc any responses.
Thanks, Greg Lee
seanRe: Selecting the minor revs
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:49:53 -0500 "Greg Lee" <glee@swspec.com> wrote:
> How do I select one of the "minor" bug fix revs using git? For example I want to do a git > bisect between 2.6.15.6 and 2.6.16 but I cannot determine what the naming convention is > for "2.6.15.6". I've tried "v2.6.15.6" and "v2.6.15-6". > > Please cc any responses.
If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository. On the otherhand if you're actually talking about the release candidates that Linus puts out before each new major version, the format is v2.6.16-rc2, v2.6.15-rc3 etc..
Sean
RE: Selecting the minor revs
> If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the > kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository.
As I feared ... I'm curious, why?
Greg
seanRe: Selecting the minor revs
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:10:09 -0500 "Greg Lee" <glee@swspec.com> wrote:
> > If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the > > kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository. > > As I feared ... I'm curious, why?
Because the stable-series is maintained by people other than Linus.
They may have their own git tree, i'm not sure. Even if they don't, you could create a stable-series branch and import the patches into your git repo if it was something you needed often.
Sean
Re: Selecting the minor revs
On 3/28/06, sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:10:09 -0500 > "Greg Lee" <glee@swspec.com> wrote: > > > > If you're interested in the stable-series releases of the > > > kernel, unfortunately they're not in the git repository. > > > > As I feared ... I'm curious, why? > > Because the stable-series is maintained by people other than Linus. > > They may have their own git tree, i'm not sure. Even if they don't, > you could create a stable-series branch and import the patches > into your git repo if it was something you needed often.
they do. and you can just do, ie for 2.6.15.y
git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.15.y.git master:v2.6.15.y
you might wanna use --tags for fetch. see git-fetch(1) for more detail.
see http://kernel.org/git/ for other stable branches. and thanks for
stable branch maintainers.
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yashi