Fixes for ancient versions of GNU make

[git.git] / Documentation / howto / using-topic-branches.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
index 4944297..2c98194 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GIT as a Linux subsystem maintainer.
 
 -Tony
 
-Last updated w.r.t. GIT 0.99.9f
+Last updated w.r.t. GIT 1.1
 
 Linux subsystem maintenance using GIT
 -------------------------------------
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ So here is the step-by-step guide how this all works for me.
 
 First create your work tree by cloning Linus's public tree:
 
- $ git clone \
- master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
+ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
 
 Change directory into the cloned tree you just created
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ Set up a remotes file so that you can fetch the latest from Linus' master
 branch into a local branch named "linus":
 
  $ cat > .git/remotes/linus
- URL: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
  Pull: master:linus
  ^D
 
@@ -93,6 +92,14 @@ These can be easily kept up to date by merging from the "linus" branch:
  $ git checkout test && git merge "Auto-update from upstream" test linus
  $ git checkout release && git merge "Auto-update from upstream" release linus
 
+Important note!  If you have any local changes in these branches, then
+this merge will create a commit object in the history (with no local
+changes git will simply do a "Fast forward" merge).  Many people dislike
+the "noise" that this creates in the Linux history, so you should avoid
+doing this capriciously in the "release" branch, as these noisy commits
+will become part of the permanent history when you ask Linus to pull
+from the release branch.
+
 Set up so that you can push upstream to your public tree (you need to
 log-in to the remote system and create an empty tree there before the
 first push).