Hi Alex, On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:14:29 -0600 Alex Williamson wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 09:08 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > I noticed that you have back merged Linus' tree into yours. Linus > > usually takes a dim view of that - especially when there is no > > explanation in the merge commit message. i.e. you shouldn't to that > > unless you really need to - and then you should explain why you did it. > > Hmm, I was hoping that wouldn't be a problem, especially with no > conflicts in the merge. I did it because the first commit after the > merge in my next tree depends on PCI changes that have already been > merged by Linus. Re-basing is an even bigger sin and I felt it better > to do a merge than ask for two pulls or add an unbuild-able commit to my > next tree. How do you suggest that I resolve this? See above ... you should have said all that in the merge commit message. I guess that you should just own it now and explain it to Linus when you ask him to pull your tree. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au