Re: Git rescue mission

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

Considering how stable the -rc kernels are (and actually, git "master" in 
general), there's really very little reason to wait for the real release. 
Junio has been very careful, and I think a lot of the delay in 1.5 has 
been about trying to get all the new stuff that changes semantics subtly 
in before the release, so that Junio will not have to do any real user- 
visible changes later.

Heh, I do not work on kernels ;-)

Seriously, I think you are giving me a bit too much credit, but
I do agree that the tip of "master" tends to be very stable most
of the time.  This is especially true since some tagged releases
were followed up with immediate corrections for "oops, brown
paper bag" bugs in the past X-<.

But the tip of "master" contains dubious change from time to
time (for example, I still haven't sorted out your "log -z"
stuff, which is already in my tree).