Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch

[Bhaskar Chowdhury]

On 06:48 Thu 07 Sep 2023, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > cc: jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> > index c269f5e1a0a3..201b9900bffe 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> > @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel
> >  Original by:
> >  	Jesper Juhl, August 2005
> >
> > +
> > +.. applying patch by Git::
> > +
> > +    You can use the below syntax to patch in git repository
> > +    git-apply --whitespace=error-all <patchfile>
> > +
> > +
> >  .. note::
> >
> >     This document is obsolete.  In most cases, rather than using ``patch``
>
> So why are you sending a patch ... with no changelog

My bad. Realized it once send it.


> to a document that is explicitly marked as being obsolete?

I thought if people visit that page , that note might help.

Are we taking out that page from the doc? Why that page is still there?


> jon

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Bhaskar

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