Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Add a document on how to fix a messy diffstat

[Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:37:45 -0600,
Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> A branch with merges in will sometimes create a diffstat containing a lot
> of unrelated work at "git request-pull" time.  Create a document based on
> Linus's advice (found in the links below) and add it to the maintainer
> manual in the hope of saving some wear on Linus's keyboard going forward.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg3wXH2JNxkQi+eLZkpuxqV+wPiHhw_Jf7ViH33Sw7PHA@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgXbSa8yq8Dht8at+gxb_idnJ7X5qWZQWRBN4_CUPr=eQ@mail.gmail.com/
> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> ---
> v2: Various tweaks suggested by Borislav, Bagas, and Akira

Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>

        Thanks, Akira
> 
>  Documentation/maintainer/index.rst          |  1 +
>  Documentation/maintainer/messy-diffstat.rst | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/maintainer/messy-diffstat.rst
> 

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