From: Junio C Hamano
Although git is a truly distributed system, it is often convenient to organize your project with an informal hierarchy of developers. Linux kernel development is run this way. There -is a nice illustration (page 17, "Merges to Mainline") in Randy -Dunlap's presentation (http://tinyurl.com/a2jdg).
+is a nice illustration (page 17, "Merges to Mainline") in +Randy Dunlap's presentation.It should be stressed that this hierarchy is purely informal. There is nothing fundamental in git that enforces the "chain of patch flow" this hierarchy implies. You do not have to pull @@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ to follow, not easier.