Matt McCutchen <hashproduct@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> you could:
>>
>> $ git fetch git://../torvalds/linux-2.6.git tag v2.6.16
>> $ git checkout -b 2.6.16-matt v2.6.16
>> $ git format-patch origin master | git am -3
>...
> What is wrong?
Me ;-).
It should have been
$ git format-patch --stdout origin master | git am -3
Sorry.
> Perhaps this is just politics, but which kernel repository is more
> official, and why? Linus's or the one I have been using,
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git
> ?
Linus tree is the main development for the 2.6.(X+1), and
2.6.x.y are managed by the stable team. They serve different
purposes, and both are "official".
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