docs/manual: add useful tips on patch versioning and patch submission
Added an alternative on patch versioning (the -v option) and added a tip on how to automatically mark a previous commit as superseded. [Thomas: minor tweaks.] Signed-off-by: Francesco Nwokeka <francesco.nwokeka@gmail.com> Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ $ git format-patch --subject-prefix "PATCH v4" \
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-M -s -o outgoing origin/master
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Since git version 1.8.1, you can also use +-v <n>+ (where <n> is the
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version number):
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$ git format-patch -v4 -M -s -o outgoing origin/master
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When you provide a new version of a patch, please mark the old one as
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superseded in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork]. You need to
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create an account on http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork] to be
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@ -306,6 +313,13 @@ the status of patches you submitted yourself, which means the email
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address you register in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork] should
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match the one you use for sending patches to the mailing list.
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You can also add the +--in-reply-to <message-id>+ option when
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submitting a patch to the mailing list. The id of the mail to reply to
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can be found under the "Message Id" tag on
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http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork]. The advantage of
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*in-reply-to* is that patchwork will automatically mark the previous
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version of the patch as superseded.
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[[reporting-bugs]]
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=== Reporting issues/bugs or getting help
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