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| author | Randy Dunlap | 2010-08-09 17:20:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -0700 |
| commit | d89b1945b760a6e0e887da004d68432c0bff899a (patch) | |
| tree | fa6aa7b8305fbb833a1cf5ddd094baef339c1d78 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | cf4ca4874fc45166198424384275f443a672d0b7 (diff) | |
SubmittingPatches: add more about patch descriptions
Add more information about patch descriptions.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 72651f788f4e..689e2371095c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ system, git, as a "commit log". See #15, below. If your description starts to get long, that's a sign that you probably need to split up your patch. See #3, next. +When you submit or resubmit a patch or patch series, include the +complete patch description and justification for it. Don't just +say that this is version N of the patch (series). Don't expect the +patch merger to refer back to earlier patch versions or referenced +URLs to find the patch description and put that into the patch. +I.e., the patch (series) and its description should be self-contained. +This benefits both the patch merger(s) and reviewers. Some reviewers +probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch. + +If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by +number and URL. 3) Separate your changes. |