Re: [GIT PULL] RISC-V Patches for the 6.5 Merge Window, Part 1

[Palmer Dabbelt]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:54:35 PDT (-0700), Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 11:47, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Awesome, thanks.  I poke around the git merge resolution stuff, but I'm
> > never 100% sure so I usually just look at the resulting output files and
> > then just paste in whatever git says as a heads up ;)
>
> Yup. It's one reason I really prefer to do merges myself - I just have
> done *so* many of them over the years (and did them long before git
> made them much easier) that I can usually do them in my sleep.
>
> Which obviously doesn't mean I then necessarily always get them right,
> but I tend to have a higher success rate just because I'm so used to
> them.

That's great with me, I don't do a lot of merge resolving so it's always 
a bit of a special thing.

> Regardless, I like seeing the heads-up for merge conflicts in the pull
> requests, if for no other reason than the fact that it sets my
> expectations for what I'm going to see.
>
> For example, sometimes it means that I decide I'll just go make a cup
> of coffee before tackling the merge at all... Not for something this
> trivial, but you get the idea.

OK, I'll just keep doing things this way and hopefully it stays fine ;)

>                 Linus