n00b here. Per Andrew Morton's release announcement boilerplate, which is: git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git v2.6.16-rc2-mm1
I tried: git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git v2.6.18-rc5-mm1 When I dropped in my .config and did #make menuconfig the tree showed its version as v2.6.16-rc2-mm1 still.
I can get a clean clone of the Linus tree, but not the -mm tree. Additionally, navigating to http://kernel.org/git/?o=age and searching on "smurf" reveals this information: linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git Tree imports. The main branch ... Matthias Urlichs 6 months ago summary | shortlog | log
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