linux-kernel - Re: git process question

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzNko+60uy4YAUoOq+x_iFM0Ngv=cvm8OTjexXfwWcZMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:02:34 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git process question

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
>
> Would it be OK to cherry pick this change that I send to you, which
> will be based on a commit in your tree, into my development branch
> where I can continue the work on top of the previous development that's
> in linux-next and the fix?

Yes, the occasional duplicated commit due to real reasons is fine. I
get worried if people start using cherry-picking and rebasing as a
_process_, but if the process generally works, and then there's an
occasional need to fix something like this, that's perfectly fine.

          Linus