Re: linux-next: unusual update of the security tree

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If that is what happened, it may be worth always using the --no-ff flag
> to git merge/pull to make sure that the top commit on your tree always
> has you as the committer (and maybe SOB).
>
> Linus, does that make sense in general for maintainers?

No. That just hides the real problem - back-merges of random points in history.

Don't do them, people. EVER.

              Linus
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