linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: unusual update of the security tree

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:57:58 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: unusual update of the security tree

On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:30:31 -0800 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > If that is what happened, it may be worth always using the --no-ff flag
> > to git merge/pull to make sure that the top commit on your tree always
> > has you as the committer (and maybe SOB).
> >
> > Linus, does that make sense in general for maintainers?
> 
> No. That just hides the real problem - back-merges of random points in history.
> 
> Don't do them, people. EVER.

I was also thinking about the case where a developer does work based on
the maintainer's published tree and then the maintainer pulls that work
sometime later (when his published tree has not been updated in the mean
time).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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