linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4inHR_cBT3thN3+UN5rHGPVfGdmo-_x9wVaUiZ8upN0hg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 14:56:09 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, acme@...hat.com,
        frederic@...nel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 12:14 PM Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:19:33AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> >
> > I know at least StGit mail does not grok that "#"notation. I've
> > stopped using it in favor of a "Fixes:" tag. I would think "Fixes:" is
> > preferred over "# <KVER>" if only because it can be used to track
> > fixes to commits that have been backported to stable. Is there any
> > reason for "# <KVER>" to continue in a world where we have "Fixes:"?
>
> The main annoyance I have with Fixes is because it can be a pain to
> figure out what the "# <KVER>" would be.  Something like:
>
> % tag --contains DEADBEEF | grep ^v | head
>
> doesn't work because kernel version numbers don't sort obviously.  So
> v4.10 comes before v4.3 using a normal sort, and even sort -n doesn't
> do the right.

Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think you want:

    git describe --contains $COMMIT --match=v[345]*

...which should give you the latest tagged kernel according to that match spec.