Messages in this thread | | | From | Eric Van Hensbergen <> | Date | Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:57:29 -0500 | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] 9p changes fro merge window |
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> What's the preferred maintainer workflow? I had been fetching and then rebasing, which seemed to keep my shortlog clean of merge commits and the outstanding patches towards the top. Should I just be pulling from upstream and not caring about the merge commits? > > Hell no. > > Why do you pull from upstream? What does that add to *your* > development? Don't do it. Pick a place to start, and just develop > things. Ask me to pull. >
okay, I guess I was always updating to make sure I was integration testing against the tip, but I can do that in throw-away branches so that the branch I ask you to pull from keeps somewhat more sane.
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