Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: process: allow Closes tags with links

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Sat Mar 25 2023 - 00:23:10 EST


On 3/25/23 01:52, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> index 7a670a075ab6..20f0b6b639b7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> @@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ latest public review posting of the patch; often this is automatically done
> by tools like b4 or a git hook like the one described in
> 'Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst'.
>
> +Similarly, there is also the "Closes:" tag that can be used to close issues
> +when the underlying public bug tracker can do this operation automatically.
> +For example::
> +
> + Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234
> +
> +Private bug trackers and invalid URLs are forbidden. For other public bug
> +trackers not supporting automations, keep using the "Link:" tag instead.
> +
> A third kind of tag is used to document who was involved in the development of
> the patch. Each of these uses this format::
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 69ce64e03c70..759c99e34085 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ resources. In addition to giving a URL to a mailing list archive or bug,
> summarize the relevant points of the discussion that led to the
> patch as submitted.
>
> +It might be interesting to use the 'Closes:' tag to close issues when the
> +underlying public bug tracker can do this operation automatically. For
> +example::
> +
> + Closes: https://example.com/issues/1234
> +
> +Private bug trackers and invalid URLs are forbidden. For other public bug
> +trackers not supporting automations, keep using the "Link:" tag instead.
> +
> If your patch fixes a bug in a specific commit, e.g. you found an issue using
> ``git bisect``, please use the 'Fixes:' tag with the first 12 characters of
> the SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary. Do not split the tag across multiple
>

The doc LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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