Il 31/10/2012 15:05, Peter Maydell ha scritto: >> > Thanks! In general, do not rebase a branch unless you were able to test >> > the rebase fully. Use "git merge" instead. This does not apply to >> > people without commit access (unless they use pull requests---perhaps we >> > should use them more), but it is easy for you. >> > >> > If you hadn't rebased the series, "git bisect" would have pointed out >> > that the original series worked, and that the merge was the problem. > I don't think this actually gains us anything, because we've still > checked broken code into master, whether it was via a rebase or a > merge. The correct answer is "test your commits before sending them", > surely?
I think Aurelien did test, but only on a 64-bit host. So the idea still holds: if you have tested more than that earlier, do not rebase. Paolo