Re: linux-next base Linus tag

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Thu Dec 08 2011 - 18:11:38 EST


On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:39:16 -0800 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> If I know a linux-next tag, say next-20110928, how can I extract the
>> Linus tag you used to start that set of merges for linux-next for?
>> That is, I am assuming you base your daily linux-next merges on that
>> day's latest Linus's rc cycle (not just Linus's master tag of that
>> day). Is that right? If so how can I get that tag?
>
> In each linux-next, there is a file called Next/SHA1s, and in there is a
> SHA1 for "origin" - that is the point in Linus' tree that I started for
> that day. ÂI just use the latest available version of Linus' tree each
> day.
>
>> For example for next-20110928 I see in Next/quilt-import.log:
>
> For the quilt series, the owner of the series puts a BASE or NEXT_BASE
> comment in the series to tell me what their series is based on. ÂI import
> each quilt series staring from that base into a branch and then merge
> that branch.
>
> For the git trees, I just fetch and merge them.

Thanks for all the details!

Last question, do you do merge conflicts manually? I was also trying
to see if I can simulate a linux-next merge myself to see what you do
but I didn't see the scripts you use, any pointers would be
appreciated.

Luis
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