Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:
I'm actually encouraging maintainers to *not* start their work on some random "kernel of the day".
random "kernel of the day".
Particularly during the kernel merge window, the upstream master branch can be pretty flaky. The natural way to do that is obviously just to create a new branch:
obviously just to create a new branch:
git checkout -b topicbranch v4.15
git checkout -b topicbranch v4.15
and now you have a good new clean branch for your development.
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grabbing from branch tips, not tags?I'm actually encouraging maintainers to *not* start their work on some random "kernel of the day".
random "kernel of the day".
Particularly during the kernel merge window, the upstream master branch can be pretty flaky. The natural way to do that is obviously just to create a new branch:
obviously just to create a new branch:
git checkout -b topicbranch v4.15
git checkout -b topicbranch v4.15
and now you have a good new clean branch for your development.