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Re: torvalds/linux repository on github

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Jeffrey Merkey <jeffmerkey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Linus,
>
> Can you check your repository on github at
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux.  I tried to fork and clone it and
> it is missing (or appears to be missing) all the subversion tags --
> just has rcX candidates and major version tags (i.e. 4.1, 4.2 but
> missing the 4.2.X tags).
>
> If it would not be too much trouble to add the tags for the
> subversions or point me to a repo there I can fork.  I have tried to
> clone linux-stable on github and it does not seem to allow that the
> import hangs,  I am working off linux-stable (which this git thing is
> cool and works great) and I have branches and I am wondering can I
> just apply branches from the linux-stable git archive to the
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux git archive if I fork it into a
> local repo on github.

I think you are on a right road. The upstream contains only two digits
version for now (vA.B), though there is a stable tree that contains
vA.B.y tags. You may use git.kernel.org to clone / pull into your
local repository.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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torvalds/linux repository on github Jeffrey Merkey <jeffmerkey@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 00:00 +0100
  Re: torvalds/linux repository on github Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 00:30 +0100
  Re: torvalds/linux repository on github Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> - 2015-11-02 01:10 +0100
    Re: torvalds/linux repository on github Jeffrey Merkey <jeffmerkey@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 01:40 +0100
      Re: torvalds/linux repository on github Jeffrey Merkey <jeffmerkey@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 02:50 +0100

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