On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:03:01PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: <...> > >> He started to complain about empty merge commit with v4.13-rc1, and continued with explanations > >> about difference between back and forward merges. From my point of view, my intention to base > >> shared pull request on latest -rcX is exactly forward (good) merge, because it ensures that > >> all our future submissions for net/net-next/rdma-rc/rdma-next are completely in sync and > >> ready to go. > > This is why, when I submit a pull request for -rc, I also merge it into > for-next. It keeps this up to date as you say, without needing to pull > in all of the -rc, so it gives Linus an easier history to look at. It > does not, however, sync up the net side of things. > Doug, What is the bottom line for the bases for shared pull requests? Thanks
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