Re: torvalds/linux repository on github

[Jeffrey Merkey]

I'll maintain a local repo and post patches like everyone else.  Sorry
for being dense.

Jeff

On 11/1/15, Jeffrey Merkey <jeffmerkey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/1/15, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 03:50:35PM -0700, Jeffrey Merkey 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).
>>
>> Those tags are not in Linus's tree, they are in the linux-stable tree,
>> which is a different one (linux-stable on git.kernel.org, none of us use
>> github for actual development.)
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> greg k-h
>>
>
> That does help, thanks Greg.   Well I don't plan on using github for
> development either, just was looking for a place to post my patches
> where folks can get to them.  Google code is shutdown and Sourceforce
> is ancient technology.   Any suggestions other than putting a git
> server online myself?
>
> :-)
>
> Jeff
>
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