We need a doc to guide new contributors patch submission [was: Re: Working on -e trace]

[haris iqbal]

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Fabien Siron <fabien.siron at epita.fr> wrote:
> Quoting haris iqbal (2016-05-05 06:24:03)
>> On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Fabien Siron <fabien.siron at epita.fr> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Quoting haris iqbal (2016-04-30 19:01:23)
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> So, this is my attempt at writing the wiki. Comments and suggestions are
>> >> welcome.
>> >
>> > It should be maybe interesting to add the --reroll-count=X to format-patch
>> > as it is very convenient to do patch versions.
>>
>> Yes. That looks useful. But, it seems a little detailed for a "Basic
>> guide" like this one.
>
> It just replaces the subject field, both lines do the same thing:
> $ git format-patch -1 <commit> --author="<Your Name>" \
>   --subject-prefix="[PATCH v<version number>]"
> $ git format-patch -1 <commit> --author="<Your Name>" \
>   --reroll-count=<version number>
>
> It seems easier for me.

Cool, I can change that.

>
> By the way, if you want to do a patch of the last commit, <commit> can be
> empty. For example:
> $ git format-patch -1 --reroll-count=<version number>

I put that because

$ git format-patch -1 <commit>

can be used for any single commit, be it the last or the nth.

>
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