On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 11:31:43AM +0800, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> For the benefit of first time contributors, we point out that 'git
> send-email' might have to be installed separately; however, we omit
> the fact that some configuration will likely be needed before it
> can successfully deliver patches to the mailing list.
>
> Some minor tweaks to the existing contents are included as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> docs/hacking.html.in | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
[...]
> - <p>(Note that the "git send-email" subcommand may not be in
> - the main git package and using it may require installation of a
> - separate package, for example the "git-email" package in
> - Fedora.) For a single patch you can omit
> - <code>--cover-letter</code>, but a series of two or more
> - patches needs a cover letter.
For multiple patch series, is it worthwhile to mention the "--stat"
option to include the diffstat in the cover letter? When reading a
patch series, I find it useful to see the diffstat at a glance.
E.g. when sending the top 4 commits:
$ git send-email -4 --cover-letter --no-chain-reply-to \
--annotate --to=libvir@xxxxxxxxxx master --stat
Maybe others here have their own preferred method to include diffstat in
cover letters.
[...]
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/kashyap
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