linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] HG -> GIT migration

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Date:	Fri, 23 May 2008 09:40:38 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
Cc:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	ALSA development <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] HG -> GIT migration

Hi Rene,

On Thu, 22 May 2008 22:43:04 +0200 Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl> wrote:
>
> On 22-05-08 03:24, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > Linux-next is rebuilt every day based on Linus' current kernel.  I merge
> > all the trees I have been told about and fixup minor conflicts (sometimes
> > reverting commits, sometimes applying patches).  So everyday, linux-next
> > is completely new.  I do not care if the trees I am merging get rebased.
> 
> This means you're going to redo all those (same) minor conflict fixups 
> each day again, doesn't it? Or do you pass the fixups back to (one of) 
> the conflicting trees?

I send email about them and most go away after a day or so i.e. something
changes to make the conflicts go away.  However, the saving grace here is
"git rerere" which remembers these conflicts and their resolutions for me
so I normally only have to fix them once.

> > Does that answer your question?
> 
> But yes, it does, thanks.

OK, good.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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