linux-kernel - Re: Missing next-$date git-tag when pulled-in linux-next.git on top of linus.git

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Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2015 07:52:01 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Missing next-$date git-tag when pulled-in linux-next.git on top
 of linus.git

Hi Sedat,

On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 14:47:53 +0100 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > Hi Sedat,
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:24:57 +0100 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> My workflow looks like this
> >>
> >> # Get mainline Git tree
> >> $ git clone $LINUS_GIT_URL
> >>
> >> # Checkout latest mainline (rc) tag (aka -next's "origin" commit-id)
> >> $ git checkout -b Linux-v3.19-rc3 v3.19-rc3
> >>
> >> # Base to pull in current -next
> >> $ git checkout -b Linux-next-20150107
> >>
> >> # Pull in stuff from next-20150107
> >> $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> >> tags/next-20150107
> >
> > Just do
> >
> > $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> >
> > That should also fetch the next- tag.
> 
> For current -next this is OK.
> Sometimes I needed to test against a specific next-version.
> Any idea?

$ git clone <Linus' tree> next
$ cd next
$ git fetch <Next URL> next-xxxxxxxx
$ git checkout -b Linux-next-xxxxxxxx next-xxxxxxxx

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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