I created a new branch in the kernel to carry a not yet official patch, to keep this up to date I do: $ git fetch git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git $ git pull . origin The kernel repository is quite old, so it has the old-fashoned setup. I see: $ less .git/refs/heads/bz-7795 d132ed980aee1bdcc6fa02b91da95a357902eb3c $ less .git/refs/heads/origin d39c9400ae0d60aaaf534b1ad860a9bc1413d8af And this last ref doesn't change when fetching. Strangely, each time I fetch it gets 7 new objects (I haven't pulled, I do that once I'm sure I've got all). As I tend to doubt that we are /that/ syncronized with Linus, something fishy is going on here... First noticed this with 1.5.0.rc1.g4494. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - 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