| Message ID | 1449094406-29088-1-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
Dear Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind), On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:13:26 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote: > Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> > Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root@renaud.io> > --- > v2: talk about 'From header' rather than 'author' (Baruch) > --- > docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Applied, thanks. Thomas
diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 6e27e71..0b4604e 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ upstream SCM software to generate the patch set. Otherwise, concatenate the header with the output of the +diff -purN package-version.orig/ package-version/+ command. +If you update an existing patch (e.g. when bumping the package version), +make sure the existing From header and Signed-off-by tags are not +removed, but do update the rest of the patch comment when appropriate. + At the end, the patch should look like: ---------------
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root@renaud.io> --- v2: talk about 'From header' rather than 'author' (Baruch) --- docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)