Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756534AbaLWQco (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:32:44 -0500 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:51391 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756295AbaLWQcW (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:32:22 -0500 From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Docs: SubmittingPatches: mention using pull requests as a cover letter Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:32:07 -0700 Message-Id: <1419352327-4517-8-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.0 In-Reply-To: <1419352327-4517-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> References: <1419352327-4517-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Suggested-by: Mark Brown Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 1f4e8c8710a7..40b619ef9b6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -725,7 +725,9 @@ maintainer pull them directly into the subsystem repository with a "git pull" operation. Note, however, that pulling patches from a developer requires a higher degree of trust than taking patches from a mailing list. As a result, many subsystem maintainers are reluctant to take pull -requests, especially from new, unknown developers. +requests, especially from new, unknown developers. If in doubt you can use +the pull request as the cover letter for a normal posting of the patch +series, giving the maintainer the option of using either. A pull request should have [GIT] or [PULL] in the subject line. The request itself should include the repository name and the branch of -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/