Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.23

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On Sunday 22 July 2007 14:13, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Len Brown wrote:
> > 
> > please pull from: 
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release
> 
> Pulled.
> 
> Btw, on a mostly unrelated note (and to balance the fact that mostly I 
> only speak up to complain), I'd like to say how much I appreciate that not 
> only are your git tree histories now clean and readable and don't have 
> unnecessary merges, but the use of clear "topic branches" really makes it 
> very pleasant to read and see what changed.
> 
> I'm certainly hoping the topic branches make your life easier too (ie able 
> to track things by topic rather than having changes mixed up), but even if 
> it doesn't, I wanted to say that I appreciate how it makes it easier for 
> outsiders to follow the "big outline" of your development tree.
> 
> So I just wanted to say that I appreciate how it's nice to do "gitk 
> ORIG_HEAD.." and see the outline of what has been going on in the ACPI 
> tree after I have pulled. And I'm hoping it actually helps you guys too, 
> but it's appreciated regardless.
> 
> See? Sometimes I can say nice things too.
> 
> 			Linus "not _always_ grouchy" Torvalds


Wow! -- somebody pinch me!:-)

Credit goes to Tony Luck, however.  He's the one who took the trouble
to figure out and document "maintaining-topic-branches" -- now
in git/Documentation/user-manual.txt.  That use-model works well for me.

thanks,
-Len
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