linux-kernel - Re: suspicious ALSA empty commit

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:58:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	krzysztof.h1@...pl, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@...il.com>
Subject: Re: suspicious ALSA empty commit



On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> I'm using stg on top of git for merging and easy tree rebasing, but the 
> version might be old (I'll try upgrade at first):

Ahh. That may explain it. stg may well be using the low-level git internal 
commands (which *do* allow you to create any kind of commits you want, 
including bogus empty ones). 

Catalin?

		Linus
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