Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:30:31 -0800 | Subject | Re: linux-next: unusual update of the security tree |
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > > If that is what happened, it may be worth always using the --no-ff flag > to git merge/pull to make sure that the top commit on your tree always > has you as the committer (and maybe SOB). > > Linus, does that make sense in general for maintainers?
No. That just hides the real problem - back-merges of random points in history.
Don't do them, people. EVER.
Linus
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