linux-kernel - Re: Zero-length ARM headers in git HEAD

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaPMKo2bDq0uJ7ZiQtKJXhcaNG9BQEeufK9=H780dn44g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:09:36 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>, swarren@...dia.com,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	"Arnaud Patard (Rtp)" <arnaud.patard@...-net.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>, bs14@....com
Subject: Re: Zero-length ARM headers in git HEAD

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> the file ...$platform/mach/gpio.h is replaced with an empty file.  This
> disagrees with kernel tradition and kernel makefiles, where zero length
> files are intentionally deleted when "make distclean" is executed.
>
> As a result, git sequences such as "make distclean ; git checkout master"
> may fail, because several files are present in the index but not on disk,
> making it appear as if modifications have been made:

Argh!

> An update, either (a) making these files non-zero length or (b) deleting the
> files in git would be appreciated.  Reading the commit descriptions, it
> appears (a) is the correct path?

Russell already told me what to do, I just was too stupid to go back
and fix it up properly so I'm doing that now.

Thanks,
Linus Walleij
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