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

[Jonathan Corbet]

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     This document is obsolete.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 ... adding a
useless label ... and Sphinx syntax errors ... to a document that is
explicitly marked as being obsolete?

jon