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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 5b6de22c96..77eb483b07 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2171,11 +2171,14 @@ $ git push mytree release Now to apply some patches from the community. Think of a short snappy name for a branch to hold this patch (or related group of -patches), and create a new branch from the current tip of Linus's -branch: +patches), and create a new branch from a recent stable tag of +Linus's branch. Picking a stable base for your branch will: +1) help you: by avoiding inclusion of unrelated and perhaps lightly +tested changes +2) help future bug hunters that use "git bisect" to find problems ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks origin +$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35 ------------------------------------------------- Now you apply the patch(es), run some tests, and commit the change(s). If |