Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:24:11 -0600 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] block fixes for 3.9-rc |
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On Fri, Mar 29 2013, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote: > > > > Please pull! As per usual, it's tagged and signed. > > No it's not. > > You have a *branch* called for-linus that contains the commits you mention. > > And then you have a *tag* called for-linus, but that's just my old > head that you've gone ahead and signed, which is entirely and utterly > pointless.
Oops, that was a mistake. I must have been on the wrong branch at that point. In past requests, I've signed the for-linus (or topic) branch specifically.
> Christ, the amount of confusion in that tree. Don't alias tags and > branches. And if you do, make it clear which one you mean by *saying* > so, ie "tags/for-linus", not just the ambiguous "for-linus". Now > you've confused yourself, and because of the ambiguity you never even > noticed, because the *branch* for-linus had the right commits.
Agree, the aliasing is nasty and git checkout usually doesn't like it a whole lot either...
> Don't do this kind of thing. That branch is pointless, and just > confused you.
Tag, you mean?
-- Jens Axboe
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