Congratz all! 😎
commit 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f (tag: v7.0-rc1)
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun Feb 22 13:18:59 2026 -0800
Linux 7.0-rc1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df471d4212cc..e944c6e71e81 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-VERSION = 6
-PATCHLEVEL = 19
+VERSION = 7
+PATCHLEVEL = 0
SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
# *DOCUMENTATION*