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

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Jul 23 2020 - 16:49:42 EST


On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:01:15 -0700
trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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")
> +

Sure, why not? Applied, thanks.

jon