From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6990956 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:37:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (relay5-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.197]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B186164 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:37:49 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: Christoph Lameter Message-ID: <20160729143749.GB11814@x> References: <20160729131151.GF4340@x> <20160729075039.GA26402@x> <30809.1469794812@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1596.1469801212@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [ANNOUNCE] git-series: track changes to a patch series over time List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 09:21:02AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, David Howells wrote: > > > Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > > Note that git-series doesn't provide a quilt-style push/pop workflow, > > > with applied and unapplied patches; it just looks at HEAD. > > > > Ah... In that case it's probably not a sufficient substitute for how I use > > stgit. > > Did not know that there was stgit. Still stuck on quilt since > I like editing the files directly (its often easier to edit the diffs if > you want to rename things etc). git series format, edit patches, git reset --hard $(git series base), git am? :) More seriously, though: I don't expect git-series to address all possible workflows for developing a patch series. It's intentionally a bit opinionated about some things. I designed it for a family of workflows that I regularly encountered and that I regularly saw other people encounter.