Best way to git the kernel?

qweasd · 04-01-2011, 10:30 PM

Hi! I want to stay on top of the latest stable kernel. So I run

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.??.y.git

to get a new major version and

git pull

to update to a minor version. Is there a way to update to a major version without cloning everything?

jthill · 04-22-2011, 12:41 PM

There's no limit on how many repos your working repo talks to, so just

Code:

git remote add 2.6.38.stable   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.38.y.git
git remote update
git checkout -b 2.6.38 2.6.38.stable/master

will add a 2.6.38 branch tracking that stable repo. git takes care of the rest.