On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:43:40AM +1300, Ian McDonald wrote:
> Updated documentation for submitting patches taking account of git.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <[email protected]>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index 237d54c..8756475 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -20,10 +20,24 @@ SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CH
>
>
>
> -1) "diff -up"
> -------------
> +1) Creating a diff file
> +-----------------------
>
> -Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches.
> +You can use git-diff(1) or git-format-patch(1) which makes your life easy. If
> +you want it to be more difficult then carry on reading.
>...
IMHO, this doesn't make much sense:
The average patch submitter does _not_ use git in any way - and there's
no reason why he should.
cu
Adrian
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