linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] MMC updates for v5.19

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Date:   Wed, 25 May 2022 09:18:59 +0200
From:   Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] MMC updates for v5.19

On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 00:00, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 5:18 AM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc.git tags/mmc-v5.19
>
> Please stop doing the horrible undocumented merges.
>
> You have three merge commits that have *no* documentation. They say
> "Merge branch 'fixes' into next", and that's it.

My bad, I have simply forgotten about them lately. Earlier I was more
often doing a re-base of my next branch against some later rc, which
makes the merges to disappear from the history.

>
> If you can't be bothered to explain why and what a merge does, then
> just don't do it.
>
> It really is that simple.
>
> I've pulled this, but I really want to stop seeing bad merges.

Thanks, I will make sure this doesn't happen again, sorry for the inconvenience.

>
>                     Linus

Kind regards
Uffe