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diff --git a/doc/develop/sending_patches.rst b/doc/develop/sending_patches.rst index 3f25b1d0466..e22b5e3e244 100644 --- a/doc/develop/sending_patches.rst +++ b/doc/develop/sending_patches.rst @@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ General Patch Submission Rules cover letter why they are ignored is desired. * Send your patches as plain text messages: no HTML, no MIME, no links, no - compression, no attachments. Just plain text. The best way the generate - patches is by using the ``git format-patch`` command. Please use the - ``master`` branch of the mainline U-Boot git repository - (``https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git``) as reference, unless (usually - late in a release cycle) there has been an announcement to use the ``next`` - branch of this repository instead. + compression, no attachments. Just plain text. The best way to generate + patches is by using the ``git format-patch`` command. For a patch that is + fixing a bug or regression of some sort, please use the ``master`` branch of + the mainline U-Boot git repository located at + https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git as reference. For new features, if + the ``next`` branch has been opened (which happens with the release of + ``-rc2``) that branch should be used, otherwise ``master`` is acceptable. * Make sure that your mailer does not mangle the patch by automatic changes like wrapping of longer lines etc. |