Re: Missing next-$date git-tag when pulled-in linux-next.git on top of linus.git
From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Jan 07 2015 - 15:52:26 EST
Hi Sedat,
On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 14:47:53 +0100 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Sedat,
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:24:57 +0100 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> My workflow looks like this
> >>
> >> # Get mainline Git tree
> >> $ git clone $LINUS_GIT_URL
> >>
> >> # Checkout latest mainline (rc) tag (aka -next's "origin" commit-id)
> >> $ git checkout -b Linux-v3.19-rc3 v3.19-rc3
> >>
> >> # Base to pull in current -next
> >> $ git checkout -b Linux-next-20150107
> >>
> >> # Pull in stuff from next-20150107
> >> $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> >> tags/next-20150107
> >
> > Just do
> >
> > $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> >
> > That should also fetch the next- tag.
>
> For current -next this is OK.
> Sometimes I needed to test against a specific next-version.
> Any idea?
$ git clone <Linus' tree> next
$ cd next
$ git fetch <Next URL> next-xxxxxxxx
$ git checkout -b Linux-next-xxxxxxxx next-xxxxxxxx
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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