Re: [GIT PULL] Immutable branch between MFD, GPIO and Regulator due for the v4.9 merge window

From	Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [GIT PULL] Immutable branch between MFD, GPIO and Regulator due for the v4.9 merge window
Date	2016-09-12 11:20 +0200
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2016, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:26:46AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 
> > > Hm it is based on a later release candidate than my tree so I'll wait
> > > and see if I
> > > have to pull it (like if there are clashes in linux-next...)
> 
> > You use -rc1 as your base?  Crazy man. :)
> 
> I do that too for the topic branches.  It's really helpful for cross
> tree work as it avoids issues like the above - wherever it's being
> merges it shouldn't pull in any extra dependencies so things are clearer
> when reviewing diffs/logs and git has an easier time coping.

I've always used -rc2 for everything.  It's usually more stable for
build-testing purposes.  But I'll bow down, and try to use -rc1 in
future, if it's preferred.

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Lee Jones
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Re: [GIT PULL] Immutable branch between MFD, GPIO and Regulator due  for the v4.9 merge window Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-12 11:20 +0200

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