From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: Subsystem/prefix in patch submission format Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:27:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20060731042736.GA10597@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <20060730.152846.42906358.davem@davemloft.net> <20060730224543.GA9506@mars.ravnborg.org> <20060730.155956.106769160.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:28833 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750906AbWGaE1r (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:27:47 -0400 To: David Miller Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060730.155956.106769160.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 03:59:56PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Sam Ravnborg > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:45:43 +0200 > > > >From a pure eye-candy perspective it would be nice to use same format > > all over. > > >From Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > > ------------------ > > 12) The canonical patch format > > > > The canonical patch subject line is: > > > > Subject: [PATCH 001/123] subsystem: summary phrase > > -------------- > > The patch format specifies things that make no sense > when the changes gets into the tree. Especially the > sequence numbers, which are implied by the changes > placement in the relative changeset history. "git am" removes the patch format specifiers when the change are committed. git applymbox replace the patch format specifier with [PATCH]. So: git am => subsystem: summary phrase git applymbox => [PATCH] subsystem: summary phrase Both variants exists because Linus uses the latter to distingush between what is applied via git tress and what is applied via mail patches. The Signed-off-by: carries same info btw. Sam