| Message ID | 1412390436-28564-1-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Simon Glass |
| Headers | show |
On 3 October 2014 20:40, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote: > Add an explanation for how to set up git so that patman can find the alias > file. Fix up the get_maintainers message too. > > Reported-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> > --- > > tools/patman/README | 13 ++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README > index e466886..7d039e8 100644 > --- a/tools/patman/README > +++ b/tools/patman/README > @@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ will get a consistent result each time. > How to configure it > =================== > > -For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman will > -locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory. > -This contains most of the aliases you will need. > +For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman can use the > +file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory to supply the email aliases > +you need. To make this work, tell git where to find the file by typing > +this once: > > -For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where > -to send patches pretty well. > + git config sendemail.aliasesfile doc/git-mailrc > + > +For both Linux and U-Boot the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring > +out where to send patches pretty well. > > During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default > user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file. > -- > 2.1.0.rc2.206.gedb03e5 > Applied to u-boot-x86/patman
diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README index e466886..7d039e8 100644 --- a/tools/patman/README +++ b/tools/patman/README @@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ will get a consistent result each time. How to configure it =================== -For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman will -locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory. -This contains most of the aliases you will need. +For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman can use the +file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory to supply the email aliases +you need. To make this work, tell git where to find the file by typing +this once: -For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where -to send patches pretty well. + git config sendemail.aliasesfile doc/git-mailrc + +For both Linux and U-Boot the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring +out where to send patches pretty well. During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file.
Add an explanation for how to set up git so that patman can find the alias file. Fix up the get_maintainers message too. Reported-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> --- tools/patman/README | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)