[GNU-linux-libre] Re: The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden>
writes:

> Being slow is not the only problem.  What you're suggesting is what the
> git documentation calls “rewriting history”, and it explains why doing
> this would make it impossible to perform merges, including updating our
> tree from Linus'.
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#problems-With-rewriting-history

I think TopGit can be a solution to this problem.  However, the
repository would still end up storing a copy of the upstream branch,
with its non-free parts.

Thanks,
Ludo’.