On 15 October 2018 at 09:33, Wolfram Sang [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Some sub-systems rebase, and some do not.
It is up to the sub-system maintainer.

We used to have a very strict rule to not rebase anything which ends up
in linux-next. Dunno what happened to this rule but I liked it.

quoted

I know what you are saying, but this is how we develop in linux-next.

I wonder about that...

quoted

You need to use "git rebase --onto".

And what about lists with commit IDs tracking patches on their way
upstream? Yes, there is git-patch-id, yet I think it is easier to admit
that incremental changes happen anyway. I know Ulf view differs...

For this particular case I can avoid the re-base, as you prefer.
However, in general can't commit to not rebase, as it depends on case
by case basis.

Kind regards
Uffe