From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philip Oakley Subject: [PATCH] Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter" Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:34:07 +0100 Message-ID: <1350855250-2844-1-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> Cc: Junio C Hamano , Eric Blake To: GitList X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Oct 21 23:34:37 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TQ3AJ-0006Ed-Bc for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:34:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932618Ab2JUVeR (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:34:17 -0400 Received: from out1.ip04ir2.opaltelecom.net ([62.24.128.240]:2161 "EHLO out1.ip04ir2.opaltelecom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932608Ab2JUVeJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:34:09 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EAPRohFBcHlx7/2dsb2JhbABEhSu7ZIEJgiABXCMYGGokE4gIuiSLaBGGVQOmKoJwgVkJFw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,626,1344207600"; d="scan'208";a="388300766" Received: from host-92-30-92-123.as13285.net (HELO localhost) ([92.30.92.123]) by out1.ip04ir2.opaltelecom.net with ESMTP; 21 Oct 2012 22:34:05 +0100 X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.11.msysgit.1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: The git format-patch --notes option can now insert the commit notes after the three dashes. Mention this after the regular cover letter guidance for submitting patches. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 0dbf2c9..3d8b2fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ message starts, you can put a "From: " line to name that person. You often want to add additional explanation about the patch, other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter" -material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. +material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes +can also be inserted using the `--notes` option. Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not. Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let -- 1.7.11.msysgit.1