Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030703AbWAKA5X (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:57:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932554AbWAKA5X (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:57:23 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:29196 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932553AbWAKA5W (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:57:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:57:21 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Ian McDonald Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , trivial@kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Revised [PATCH] Documentation: Update to SubmittingPatches Message-ID: <20060111005721.GA29663@stusta.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1382 Lines: 43 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 > --- > 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/