From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Linus Arver via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] SubmittingPatches: simplify guidance for choosing a starting point
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:31:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <owlytttrflny.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <owlyy1j3fo8d.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>
Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:
>> * An very old but still severe bug in tagged versions would want to
>> be fixed ideally not on top of 'maint' but on top of the latest
>> tagged version in the same maintenance track. E.g. if the commit
>> X introduced the bug, you may ask "git describe --contains X" the
>> oldest version the commit appears in, say "v2.30.0-rc2-gXXXXXX".
>> Then you would run "git checkout -b fix v2.30.9" to start the
>> branch to fix it.
>
> In this example, are we using v2.30.9 as a starting point, not v2.30.0
> because v2.30.9 is the latest tagged version that is in 'maint'?
Answering my own question, I now see that there are branches named
`maint-2.30`, `maint-2.31`, etc. And `2.30.9` is the latest version in
the `maint-2.30` branch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-26 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-08 1:05 [PATCH 0/5] SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to use Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-08 1:05 ` [PATCH 1/5] SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-08 5:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-08 1:05 ` [PATCH 2/5] SubmittingPatches: be more explicit Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-08 5:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-13 21:03 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-13 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-08 1:05 ` [PATCH 3/5] SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.git Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-08 1:05 ` [PATCH 4/5] SubmittingPatches: remove confusing guidance about base branches Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-08 5:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-13 21:54 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-08 1:05 ` [PATCH 5/5] SubmittingPatches: define topic branches Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to use Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.git Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] SubmittingPatches: de-emphasize branches as starting points Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] SubmittingPatches: emphasize need to communicate non-default " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] SubmittingPatches: simplify guidance for choosing a starting point Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-14 17:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-26 1:36 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-26 2:31 ` Linus Arver [this message]
2023-07-26 4:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-26 3:04 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to use Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 3:04 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasing Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 3:04 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.git Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 3:04 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] SubmittingPatches: de-emphasize branches as starting points Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 3:05 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] SubmittingPatches: emphasize need to communicate non-default " Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 3:05 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] SubmittingPatches: simplify guidance for choosing a starting point Linus Arver via GitGitGadget
2023-07-26 5:15 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to use Junio C Hamano
2023-07-26 17:19 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-26 5:16 ` [PATCH v3 6/5] SubmittingPatches: choice of base for fixing an older maintenance track Junio C Hamano
2023-07-26 5:40 ` Eric Sunshine
2023-07-26 16:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-26 5:17 ` [PATCH 7/5] SubmittingPatches: explain why 'next' and above are inappropriate base Junio C Hamano
2023-07-27 19:26 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-26 5:21 ` [PATCH 8/5] SubmittingPatches: use of older maintenance tracks is an exception Junio C Hamano
2023-07-27 19:35 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-27 20:08 ` Junio C Hamano
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