linux-kernel - Re: GIT and the current -stable

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Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:45:53 -0400
From:	"Gerb Stralko" <gerb.stralko@...il.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Junio C Hamano" <junkio@....net>,
	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>, git@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GIT and the current -stable

> Please don't do this. Using the same name for a branch as for a tag is
> madness. Call it "v2.6.20-stable" or anything else, but don't re-use the
> same naming as for tags.
>

Yes I have done this before, and it took me awhile to realize what was
going on.  It caused me some grief, and a few hours of lost time...Of
course this was back in my earlier days ;)
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