[PATCH] docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tag

From: trix
Date: Fri Jul 10 2020 - 16:01:33 EST


From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

To make it a little clearer how to create a fixes tag,
add an example based on the preceeding gitconfig setup.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index e58b2c541d25..5219bf3cddfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ outputting the above style in the ``git log`` or ``git show`` commands::
[pretty]
fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")

+An example call::
+
+ $ git log -1 --pretty=fixes 54a4f0239f2e
+ Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_page() return the number of pages it actually freed")
+
.. _split_changes:

3) Separate your changes
--
2.18.1