Re: [PATCH] Add short author date to Fixes tag

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:50:11 +0100

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Hi Alejandro,

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 at 19:20, Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> wrote:
> The case where it would matter is if you commit a fix for a commit that
> is only in your stable branch.  However, since the stable branches are
> not real branches, but actually a set of patches, I expect you would
> just drop the faulty patch, right?

Stable branches are real branches, cfr.
https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/refs/heads.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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