On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 09:10:32PM +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: > Hi Greg, <Fixing the stable kernel mailing list address...> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:55:56AM +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'd like to write a tool that would parse the message of commits in a > > stable > > > tree and retrieves the associated upstream commits. > > > > > > It seems that stable commits provides this information through their log: > > > > > > "commit xxxxxxxx upstream." > > > > > > Is this something I can rely on safely ? > > > > What do you mean, "rely on safely"? > > > As you guessed, I meant that if the pattern change in the future, then any > tools that use this pattern will break. That's true. > > Look at the past 8 years of stable > > commits to see if you can determine a pattern you can use, but I can > > never guarantee future patterns, sorry. > > > > Don't you think that this link to the upstream commit is an important > information ? I do, which is why I have been putting it in the commits for the past 8 years. You are asking me to guarantee a specific pattern of words will always be used in the future, which is an impossible request, as I'm sure you will agree, as no one can predict the future. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html