Some git updates [LWN.net]

Since LWN's look at git was published, development has continued at a rapid pace. A number of features and capabilities have been added to the system. Look for an updated article at some future point when things stabilize somewhat.

A mailing list has been set up to take discussion of git off linux-kernel. The list is called "git," and it is hosted on vger.kernel.org; sending a message containing "subscribe git" to majordomo@vger.kernel.org will get you onto the list. As of this writing, the traffic is not small.

A couple of quotes from that list, that didn't quite make the "quotes of the week":

Trust me, not needing locking is a huge boon. I don't think people realize just how much thought I've put into my database selection and what the implications are.

It's perfect, I tell you.

-- Linus Torvalds

Sooner or later we'll find a flaw in it. Really! I mean, you've started this OS thing 10+ years ago and we are still busy fixing it! ;)

-- Ingo Molnar

Linus has an experimental kernel repository on kernel.org, and has committed Andrew Morton's initial 200-patch bomb to it. It's in:

    pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/kernel-test.git

for those who are interested. Commits to this repository are also being broadcast to the same "commits" list that tracked the BitKeeper repository. Here's an example patch for those interested in what a git commit looks like, or in the ioread/iowrite API change that your editor has not yet managed to cover on this page.

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