Re: [PATCH] docs: process: Add base-commit trailer usage

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:00:50 -0400
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the recurring complaints from both maintainers and CI system
> operators is that performing git-am on received patches is difficult
> without knowing the parent object in the git history on which the
> patches are based. Without this information, there is a high likelihood
> that git-am will fail due to conflicts, which is particularly
> frustrating to CI operators.
> 
> Git versions starting with v2.9.0 are able to automatically include
> base-commit information using the --base flag of git-format-patch.
> Document this usage in process/submitting-patches, and add the rationale
> for its inclusion, plus instructions for those not using git on where
> the "base-commit:" trailer should go.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I really wish we could find a way to make submitting-patches.rst shorter
rather than longer - it's a lot for a first-time submitter to work
through.  But this is useful information, so I've applied it.

Thanks,

jon