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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
@@ -116,68 +116,68 @@ To make this script useful you must add tags like the following into any
commit. Most can only appear once in the whole series.
Series-to: email / alias
- Email address / alias to send patch series to (you can add this
- multiple times)
+ Email address / alias to send patch series to (you can add this
+ multiple times)
Series-cc: email / alias, ...
- Email address / alias to Cc patch series to (you can add this
- multiple times)
+ Email address / alias to Cc patch series to (you can add this
+ multiple times)
Series-version: n
- Sets the version number of this patch series
+ Sets the version number of this patch series
Series-prefix: prefix
- Sets the subject prefix. Normally empty but it can be RFC for
- RFC patches, or RESEND if you are being ignored.
+ Sets the subject prefix. Normally empty but it can be RFC for
+ RFC patches, or RESEND if you are being ignored.
Cover-letter:
This is the patch set title
blah blah
more blah blah
END
- Sets the cover letter contents for the series. The first line
- will become the subject of the cover letter
+ Sets the cover letter contents for the series. The first line
+ will become the subject of the cover letter
Series-notes:
blah blah
blah blah
more blah blah
END
- Sets some notes for the patch series, which you don't want in
- the commit messages, but do want to send, The notes are joined
- together and put after the cover letter. Can appear multiple
- times.
+ Sets some notes for the patch series, which you don't want in
+ the commit messages, but do want to send, The notes are joined
+ together and put after the cover letter. Can appear multiple
+ times.
Signed-off-by: Their Name <email>
- A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
- probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
- override the default signoff that patman automatically adds.
+ A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
+ probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
+ override the default signoff that patman automatically adds.
Tested-by: Their Name <email>
Acked-by: Their Name <email>
- These indicate that someone has acked or tested your patch.
- When you get this reply on the mailing list, you can add this
- tag to the relevant commit and the script will include it when
- you send out the next version. If 'Tested-by:' is set to
- yourself, it will be removed. No one will believe you.
+ These indicate that someone has acked or tested your patch.
+ When you get this reply on the mailing list, you can add this
+ tag to the relevant commit and the script will include it when
+ you send out the next version. If 'Tested-by:' is set to
+ yourself, it will be removed. No one will believe you.
Series-changes: n
- Guinea pig moved into its cage
- Other changes ending with a blank line
<blank line>
- This can appear in any commit. It lists the changes for a
- particular version n of that commit. The change list is
- created based on this information. Each commit gets its own
- change list and also the whole thing is repeated in the cover
- letter (where duplicate change lines are merged).
+ This can appear in any commit. It lists the changes for a
+ particular version n of that commit. The change list is
+ created based on this information. Each commit gets its own
+ change list and also the whole thing is repeated in the cover
+ letter (where duplicate change lines are merged).
- By adding your change lists into your commits it is easier to
- keep track of what happened. When you amend a commit, remember
- to update the log there and then, knowing that the script will
- do the rest.
+ By adding your change lists into your commits it is easier to
+ keep track of what happened. When you amend a commit, remember
+ to update the log there and then, knowing that the script will
+ do the rest.
Cc: Their Name <email>
- This copies a single patch to another email address.
+ This copies a single patch to another email address.
Various other tags are silently removed, like these Chrome OS and
Gerrit tags:
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ subject are also picked up to Cc patches. For example, a commit like this:
>>>>
commit 10212537b85ff9b6e09c82045127522c0f0db981
Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
-Date: Mon Nov 7 23:18:44 2011 -0500
+Date: Mon Nov 7 23:18:44 2011 -0500
x86: arm: add a git mailrc file for maintainers
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Let's say one person sent comments and you get an Acked-by: on one patch.
Also, the patch on the list that you were waiting for has been merged,
so you can drop your wip commit. So you resync with upstream:
- git fetch origin (or whatever upstream is called)
+ git fetch origin (or whatever upstream is called)
git rebase origin/master
and use git rebase -i to edit the commits, dropping the wip one. You add