linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.16.26

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Date:	Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:40:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.26



On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> 
> You would need to git-reset then git-commit

Actually, these days we suggest doing

	git commit --amend

instead to change the top commit if you mis-type something or find a 
problem.

But, as you point out:

>					 but it's a little bit dirty
> and my annoy the users who will have already fetched your tree.

Indeed. Something that has already been exported should _not_ be amended, 
because it generates a whole new commit, and people who have already 
gotten the old one would be unhappy.

		Linus
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