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| author | Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> | 2014-04-03 14:48:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-04-03 16:21:06 -0700 |
| commit | 8e3072a23ff8cf69b3e654a7cd64eae04f06a0e6 (patch) | |
| tree | d8982ec14b2523428dfa4d9567fa5dcb826bd14d /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 9547c706d279392d53922c0f9d57a0b37a4dfcdc (diff) | |
SubmittingPatches: document the use of git
Most of the mechanical portions of SubmittingPatches exist to help patch
submitters replicate the output of git. Mention this explicitly, both
as a reminder that git will help with this process, and as signposting
to let git users know what they can safely skip.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.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 | 31 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 53e6590263a1..fdad7d197062 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ Read Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. - +Many of these steps describe the default behavior of the git version +control system; if you use git to prepare your patches, you'll find much +of the mechanical work done for you, though you'll still need to prepare +and document a sensible set of patches. -------------------------------------------- SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CHANGE @@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CHANGE 1) "diff -up" ------------ -Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches. +Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches. git generates patches +in this form by default; if you're using git, you can skip this section +entirely. All changes to the Linux kernel occur in the form of patches, as generated by diff(1). When creating your patch, make sure to create it @@ -66,19 +71,14 @@ Make sure your patch does not include any extra files which do not belong in a patch submission. Make sure to review your patch -after- generated it with diff(1), to ensure accuracy. -If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you may want to look into -splitting them into individual patches which modify things in -logical stages. This will facilitate easier reviewing by other -kernel developers, very important if you want your patch accepted. -There are a number of scripts which can aid in this: - -Quilt: -http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt +If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you need to split them into +individual patches which modify things in logical stages; see section +#3. This will facilitate easier reviewing by other kernel developers, +very important if you want your patch accepted. -Andrew Morton's patch scripts: -http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz -Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management -tool (see above). +If you're using git, "git rebase -i" can help you with this process. If +you're not using git, quilt <http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt> +is another popular alternative. @@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ patch. If you are going to include a diffstat after the "---" marker, please use diffstat options "-p 1 -w 70" so that filenames are listed from the top of the kernel source tree and don't use too much horizontal -space (easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation). +space (easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation). (git +generates appropriate diffstats by default.) See more details on the proper patch format in the following references. |