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diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README index 5b6eba0..16b51eb 100644 --- a/tools/patman/README +++ b/tools/patman/README @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Series-to: fred.blogs@napier.co.nz in one of your commits, the series will be sent there. +In Linux this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your +patches automatically. + How to use this tool ==================== @@ -65,8 +68,12 @@ will get a consistent result each time. How to configure it =================== -For most cases patman will locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in -your U-Boot directory. This contains most of the aliases you will need. +For most cases of using patman for U-Boot developement patman will +locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory. +This contains most of the aliases you will need. + +For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where +to send patches pretty well. During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file. |