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| author | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> | 2013-07-31 14:59:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2013-08-20 12:58:15 +0200 |
| commit | 0af5270324cc584629c197d9bfdf2c4ab3d81bd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 4a0d8a119ce69385d4d1774637ad6afea2f9584d /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | ed7afeae24f9a3a52c677d776162f171e1ee9e12 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-0af5270324cc584629c197d9bfdf2c4ab3d81bd7.tar.gz lwn-0af5270324cc584629c197d9bfdf2c4ab3d81bd7.zip | |
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references
Request inclusion of oneline summaries when referring to other commits
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 6e97e73d87b5..26b1e31d5a13 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch. If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by number and URL. +If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the +SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of +the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about. +Example: + + Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary + platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary + platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused, + delete it. + 3) Separate your changes. |