linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: unneeded merge in the security tree

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Message-ID: <7v38w056pk.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:17:27 -0700
From:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: unneeded merge in the security tree

Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 02:30:04PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> writes:
>> 
>> > [remote "origin"]
>> > 	url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>> > 	fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master
>> > 	mergeoptions = --ff-only
>> >
>> 
>> Is there an escape hatch for that rare case?  IOW, how does a
>> submaintainer who configured the above to override --ff-only?
>
> Hmm, maybe we would need to add a --no-ff-only?  Or they could just
> do:
>
> 	git fetch origin
> 	git merge FETCH_HEAD

Hmm, neither feel quite nice.

I haven't heard any comments on my alternative proposal, by the
way.  Did the message get lost?
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