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SubjectRe: [patch v4] Documentation/email-clients.txt: add a section about git
On 05/15/2014 02:33 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 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>

Applied. Thanks.

> ---
> 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
> _______________________________________________


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~Randy


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