On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Dan Carpenter
<dan.carpenter@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:34:36AM +0530, punit vara wrote:
>> I am working on linux-next .I have tried to rebase my local branch on
>> your staging tree but I am getting too many conflict .and I have tried
>> to clone your staging tree separately but due slow internet I am
>> unable to clone it fully . Is there any other way I can get your
>> staging tree by downloading ?
>
> For a while, I had the worst internet of any kernel dev.  I can help. :)
>
> Do you have any complete kernel git repository?  If you download it one
> time then you just do a `git fetch` and `git checkout` after that.
> Never do a `git pull`.
>
> Downloading the linux kernel git repository the first time over bad
> internet is a huge headache because if you lose the connection then you
> have to restart.  See if someone can post a .tar.gz of the kernel .git
> directory on a webpage for you then you can download it bit by bit using
> wget.  Unpack it and do a `git reset --hard`.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter

>>git branch -a

  master
* my_local_branch
  old-local-1
  remotes/gregkh/master
  remotes/gregkh/staging-linus
  remotes/gregkh/staging-next
  remotes/gregkh/staging-testing
  remotes/gregkh/test
  remotes/linux-next/akpm
  remotes/linux-next/akpm-base
  remotes/linux-next/master
  remotes/linux-next/stable
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  remotes/origin/master

>>git remote -v
gregkh    http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
(fetch)
gregkh    http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
(push)
linux-next    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
(fetch)
linux-next    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
(push)
origin    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
(fetch)
origin    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
(push)

Above is my situation I have performed >> commands in terminal.

>>git checkout origin/master

>>git checkout -b experimental origin/master

>>git fetch gregkh

Am I doing the right thing to get staging changes in my experimental branch ?