From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
corbet@lwn.net, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
f.fainelli@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:28:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YkCQs2kKE0CIzmC2@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220327025400.2481365-4-kuba@kernel.org>
> +How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in?
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------
> +To help maintainers and CI bots you should explicitly mark which tree
> +your patch is targeting. Assuming that you use git, use the prefix
> +flag::
> +
> + git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish
> +
> +Use ``net`` instead of ``net-next`` (always lower case) in the above for
> +bug-fix ``net`` content. If you don't use git, then note the only magic
> +in the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you
> +can manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable
> +with.
Maybe we should consider removing the 'If you don't use git...' text.
We want people to use git.
Anybody who can correctly format a patch and get it passed their MTU
and mail system without it getting corrupted not using git should be
able to figure out how to set the subject line correctly.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-27 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-27 2:53 [PATCH net 00/13] docs: update and move the netdev-FAQ Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 01/13] docs: netdev: replace references to old archives Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 02/13] docs: netdev: minor reword Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:28 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2022-03-28 17:38 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 04/13] docs: netdev: turn the net-next closed into a Warning Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-29 8:06 ` Martin Habets
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 05/13] docs: netdev: shorten the name and mention msgid for patch status Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 06/13] docs: netdev: rephrase the 'Under review' question Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 07/13] docs: netdev: rephrase the 'should I update patchwork' question Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 08/13] docs: netdev: add a question about re-posting frequency Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:40 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 09/13] docs: netdev: make the testing requirement more stringent Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:42 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-28 17:51 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 10/13] docs: netdev: add missing back ticks Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 11/13] docs: netdev: call out the merge window in tag checking Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:53 ` [PATCH net 12/13] docs: netdev: broaden the new vs old code formatting guidelines Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 2:54 ` [PATCH net 13/13] docs: netdev: move the netdev-FAQ to the process pages Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-29 4:38 ` [PATCH net 00/13] docs: update and move the netdev-FAQ Kuniyuki Iwashima
2022-03-29 4:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-29 7:22 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
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