* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> It is spelled: > >> > >> git notes add -m <comment> SHA1 > > > > Cool! > > Don't use them for anything global. > > Use them for local codeflow, but don't expect them to be > distributed. It's a separate "flow", and while it *can* be > distributed, it's not going to be for the kernel, for example. > So no, don't start using this to ack things, because the acks > *will* get lost. I'd also add a small meta argument: that it would be actively wrong to *allow* 'belated' acks to be added. In practice acks are most useful *before* a commit gets created and they often have a mostly buerocratic role afterwards. So we should encourage timely acks (which actually help development), and accept ack-less patches as long as they are correct and create no problems. More utility, less buerocracy. Incorrect, ack-less patches causing problems will get all the flames they deserve. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html