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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 76fc84d878..c686f8646b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -280,6 +280,20 @@ people play with it without having to pick up and apply the patch to their trees themselves. ------------------------------------------------ +Know the status of your patch after submission + +* You can use Git itself to find out when your patch is merged in + master. 'git pull --rebase' will automatically skip already-applied + patches, and will let you know. This works only if you rebase on top + of the branch in which your patch has been merged (i.e. it will not + tell you if your patch is merged in pu if you rebase on top of + master). + +* Read the git mailing list, the maintainer regularly posts messages + entitled "What's cooking in git.git" and "What's in git.git" giving + the status of various proposed changes. + +------------------------------------------------ MUA specific hints Some of patches I receive or pick up from the list share common |