Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Update for 4.21

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Dec 31 2018 - 17:43:07 EST


On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:50:18 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > OK, I'll modify my script not to make that diff.
>
> For small "fixes" pulls, the diffs are nice, and you actually see the
> details of the fixes. But for big things, the full diff is usually
> only a distraction.
>
> I think the x86 maintainers have a script where it adds the diff if
> it's less than a hundred lines or something like that..
>

I can look into adding a size limit check, or perhaps it may be good
enough to just remove the diff for merge window pull requests, as those
tend to be the big ones.

-- Steve