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| author |  Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> | 2012-10-21 22:34:07 +0100 |
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| committer |  Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2012-10-25 06:15:56 -0400 |
| commit | 76323c67b7729076e4f905f6d227329a47e6443f (patch) | |
| tree | 902b41471b838b7b6ed5cfad1db12bc693d9cab2 /Documentation | |
| parent | Documentation: decribe format-patch --notes (diff) | |
| download | tgif-76323c67b7729076e4f905f6d227329a47e6443f.tar.xz | |
Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter"
The git format-patch --notes option can now insert the commit notes
after the three dashes. Mention this after the regular cover letter
guidance for submitting patches.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 0dbf2c9843..3d8b2fe4d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ message starts, you can put a "From: " line to name that person. You often want to add additional explanation about the patch, other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter" -material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. +material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes +can also be inserted using the `--notes` option. Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not. Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let |