Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:54 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/31/2011 03:52 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> Save it in the commit we generate. BAM! Useful, readable, permanent,
>> and independently verifiable.
>>
>
> Note: this means creating a commit even for a fast-forward merge.  Not
> that there is any technical problem with that, of course.

Well, only for the signed case, but yes. And for that case it's likely
a good thing.

In fact, even without signing, some projects always use --no-ff,
because they want the merge messages with the nice summary in them.
I've played around with it too, but haven't generally found it to be
worth it, and tend to think that it aggrandizes the merger too much.

It generates nice merge summaries, and it can look nice, but if the
*only* upside is the merge summary I think it's borderline worth it.
But with a signature, it would suddenly actually contain real
information, and I think that changes the equation.

                           Linus
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