On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Manish Katiyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am trying to configure my development environment and thus trying my > hands with git to keep myself updated with kernel and e2fsprogs. I > could setup git to pull the latest images, however I have few basic > questions. > > 1) Everytime i have to get the updated source I do "git pull". Does > that mean I get the stable version or the unstable one ?? git pull, only pull from the original source u did a "git clone". So which source u clone? Eg, I am aware of linus tree, and -mm tree, and there is a "ext4 unstable tree" which I pull occasionally. but whether linus tree has a stable or unstable version, i am not sure, just aware that it is considered as the most stable - as compared with -mm tree. > > 2) When people submit patches I can see a commit id with it. However > "git show <id>" gives "fatal: bad object <id>". How can i configure it > to see ?? "git log" will list all, showing the ID. am i understanding u? > > 3) I guess there must be two different git repositories for the stable > and unstable version. How do I see the current patches submitted for > each individual ? Will I have to clone with each developers git > repository ?? > not sure myself. > > Sorry if the questions are too silly .... but this is my first > interaction with git :-) > -- Regards, Peter Teoh
