Re: git-rev-tree

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 06:33:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > 	export KERNEL=master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/
 > 	git fetch $KERNEL/torvalds/linux-2.6 master:linus
 > 
 >    which will just fetch my "master" branch into the local "linus" branch.
 > 
 >  - then just do
 > 
 > 	git log linus..HEAD
 > 
 >    and you'll see exactly what you wanted: what exists in your HEAD but 
 >    not in mine.
 > 
 > No complex script required.

Ok, I must be doing something totally bone-headed.  Because this is what
I tried to do before I headed down the path of making that script work.

Doing the above yields ...

(18:47:37:davej@hera:agp2)$ export KERNEL=master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/
(18:47:43:davej@hera:agp2)$ git fetch $KERNEL/torvalds/linux-2.6 master:linus
davej@master.kernel.org's password:
Packing 35335 objects
Unpacking 35335 objects
 100% (35335/35335) done
* committish: d27ba47e7e8c466c18983a1779d611f82d6a354f
  branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git//torvalds/linux-2.6
* refs/heads/linus: storing branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git//torvalds/linux-2.6

which looks ok, but then when I do the git log linus..HEAD, I get no output at all.

Whatever I'm doing wrong, I'm doing it consistently, as this happens
in all my trees both locally, and on k.o

*click*, ahh wait, I didn't have a 'linus' branch before I did that fetch.
For the above to work, do I need there to be a 'linus' branch before
I start making changes ?  Or am I barking up the wrong tree ?

		Dave