linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] Rough draft document on merging and rebasing

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1905311412310.81065@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 14:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Rough draft document on merging and rebasing

On Thu, 30 May 2019, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> docs: Add a document on repository management
> 
> Every merge window seems to involve at least one episode where subsystem
> maintainers don't manage their trees as Linus would like.  Document the
> expectations so that at least he has something to point people to.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>

We're in the process of defining the pros and cons of merging vs rebasing 
as part of our workflows internally and this is a great doc that does that 
with less words and more clarity than I did it, so very happy to add

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>