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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-09 07:49:51 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-09 07:49:51 +0300 |
| commit | d012326d489e29777ac457c3017d8b46f6546d24 (patch) | |
| tree | af887ed30f6e6055a1f3fa39edf7220f16b2e752 /Documentation | |
| parent | 02c6c14d6c304f094b680f583a1dd6e4fe75736c (diff) | |
| parent | 4369523b4b1ec34c48b11cc18a655ba445a231ac (diff) | |
Merge branch 'hv/doc-commit-reference-style'
A small doc update.
* hv/doc-commit-reference-style:
SubmittingPatches: use gitk's "Copy commit summary" format
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 500230c054..08352deaae 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -122,9 +122,14 @@ without external resources. Instead of giving a URL to a mailing list archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion. If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable -branch use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)". So for example -like this: "Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30) -noticed [...]". +branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)", +with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this: + + Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30) + noticed that ... + +The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this +format. (3) Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits. |