[U-Boot] U-Boot git usage model

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Oct 11 09:19:22 CEST 2012


Dear Stephen Warren,

In message <5075F48A.2080504 at wwwdotorg.org> you wrote:
>
> I believe that's (part of) why Linux is tending towards pull requests of
> a (signed) tag rather than a branch, since the tag always points at a
> specific commit, and incremental pull requests can just create a new tag
> name. Of course, the ability to sign tags also also a motivator.

I tend to disagree here. Tags can easily be removed. As such, they
are in no way different from or better than a specific commit in a
branch that does not get rebased.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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