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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
