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Subject[patch v4] Documentation/email-clients.txt: add a section about git
These days most people use git to send patches so I have added a section
about that.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
v2: fix typo in commit message
v3: update git am and log commands. Mention the man pages.
v4: s/list/appropriate mailing list(s)/

diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index 4e30eba..9293477 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
Email clients info for Linux
======================================================================

+Git
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+These days most developers use `git send-email` instead of regular
+email clients. The man page for this is quite good. On the receiving
+end, maintainers use `git am` to apply the patches.
+
+If you are new to git then send your first patch to yourself. Save it
+as raw text including all the headers. Run `git am raw_email.txt` and
+then review the changelog with `git log`. When that works then send
+the patch to the appropriate mailing list(s).
+
General Preferences
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Patches for the Linux kernel are submitted via email, preferably as
_______________________________________________
devel mailing list
devel@linuxdriverproject.org
http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel


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