Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:08:22 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: git process question |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:02:34 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.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.
Thanks for the response.
So I'll take it that the general idea would be to send you a fix based on one of my commits that's already in your tree.
Then, if new development that is based on that fix, but nothing I pushed to linux-next, even if I had already pushed commits to linux-next, then I would just start the development off of that fix, and send you multiple pull requests (one for the fix + development changes, and one with the linux-next development changes).
But if there's a case like this, where I have development changes based on both the fix and changes I already pushed to linux-next, then I would just cherry pick that into the development branch and continue.
Sounds good,
-- Steve
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