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| author | Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> | 2021-04-13 13:38:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2021-04-13 15:00:37 -0600 |
| commit | 6349469a4f3c036315bf40d700fa55e179f9e51d (patch) | |
| tree | 2aad33cbae4e23364365998fcef9ee10d1dd69e7 /Documentation/process | |
| parent | dfc7927d4ee008c69c5b60f9076e2ad8980589bc (diff) | |
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Documentation/submitting-patches: Document RESEND tag on patches
Explain when a submitter should tag a patch or a patch series with the
"RESEND" tag.
This has been partially carved out from a tip subsystem handbook
patchset by Thomas Gleixner:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171010.421878737@linutronix.de
and incorporates follow-on comments.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index ab92d9ccd39a..9284735e0b34 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -346,6 +346,16 @@ that you have sent your patches to the right place. Wait for a minimum of one week before resubmitting or pinging reviewers - possibly longer during busy times like merge windows. +It's also ok to resend the patch or the patch series after a couple of +weeks with the word "RESEND" added to the subject line:: + + [PATCH Vx RESEND] sub/sys: Condensed patch summary + +Don't add "RESEND" when you are submitting a modified version of your +patch or patch series - "RESEND" only applies to resubmission of a +patch or patch series which have not been modified in any way from the +previous submission. + Include PATCH in the subject ----------------------------- |