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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:23:14 -0400 (EDT) From: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Subject: [PATCH 0/6] SubmittingPatches: update and flesh out trailer sections Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:22:43 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0.22.g9e26862b904 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Topic name: kh/submitting-patches-trailers Topic summary: Flesh out and update the trailer sections. All of these points have come up on the mailing list. At least for me. And `Based-on-patch-by` is a nice-to-have documented kind of thing. I have had these lying around since January since I got distracted. I just wrote this cover letter today. But I think this still makes sense. [1/6] SubmittingPatches: encourage trailer use for substantial help [2/6] SubmittingPatches: discuss non-ident trailers [3/6] SubmittingPatches: discourage common Linux trailers [4/6] SubmittingPatches: document Based-on-patch-by trailer [5/6] SubmittingPatches: be consistent with trailer markup [6/6] SubmittingPatches: note that trailer order matters Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) base-commit: 1ff279f3404a482a83fb04c7457e41ab26884aea -- 2.54.0.22.g9e26862b904