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| author | Linus Torvalds | 2015-11-13 09:19:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2015-11-13 09:19:05 -0800 |
| commit | 4aeabc6b5ca3b9d025f287978096e138bdfbdd35 (patch) | |
| tree | 7924abba038ffcb4b779ce4007ea53aadf9ea2ab /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | be4773e6a11a0cc1e63c9c32f000b870e51b8c01 (diff) | |
| parent | 91633a6dc7cb49ae7c3d268e183ddc905e739fff (diff) | |
Merge tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull more documentation updates from Jon Corbet:
"A few more documentation patches that wandered in and have no reason
to wait; these include some improvements to the suggestions for email
clients and patch submission"
* tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
Documentation: Add minimal Mutt config for using Gmail
Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt
Documentation: dontdiff: remove media from dontdiff
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss In-Reply-To
Remove email address from Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
can-doc: Add missing semicolon to example
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 4710e4afef19..d603fa078235 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -718,8 +718,21 @@ generates appropriate diffstats by default.) See more details on the proper patch format in the following references. +15) Explicit In-Reply-To headers +-------------------------------- + +It can be helpful to manually add In-Reply-To: headers to a patch +(e.g., when using "git send email") to associate the patch with +previous relevant discussion, e.g. to link a bug fix to the email with +the bug report. However, for a multi-patch series, it is generally +best to avoid using In-Reply-To: to link to older versions of the +series. This way multiple versions of the patch don't become an +unmanageable forest of references in email clients. If a link is +helpful, you can use the https://lkml.kernel.org/ redirector (e.g., in +the cover email text) to link to an earlier version of the patch series. + -15) Sending "git pull" requests +16) Sending "git pull" requests ------------------------------- If you have a series of patches, it may be most convenient to have the |