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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-01-12 11:38:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-01-12 11:38:55 -0800 |
| commit | e20d5a2c4433daf09797d9e4e9f6c4eaedec86dd (patch) | |
| tree | 69234204ad84335a8f5ec5fc1b857b014ac10126 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'rs/simplify-transport-get' (diff) | |
| parent | SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch (diff) | |
| download | tgif-e20d5a2c4433daf09797d9e4e9f6c4eaedec86dd.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'sb/doc-submitting-patches-keep-notes'
* sb/doc-submitting-patches-keep-notes:
SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 16d5d2be08..ef0eeb40cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ 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. Git-notes -can also be inserted using the `--notes` option. +material between the three-dash line and the diffstat. For +patches requiring multiple iterations of review and discussion, +an explanation of changes between each iteration can be kept in +Git-notes and inserted automatically following the three-dash +line via `git format-patch --notes`. 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 |