On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:38 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When working on an high-value bugfix that must be given to ancient > maintenance tracks, a starting point that is older than `maint` may > have to be chosen. > > Helped-by: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ latest HEAD commit of `maint` or `master` based on the following cases: > * If you are fixing bugs in the released version, use `maint` as the > starting point (which may mean you have to fix things without using > new API features on the cutting edge that recently appeared in > - `master` but were not available in the released version). > + `master` but were not available in the released version). If the bug > + exists in an older version (e.g., commit `X` introduced the bug, and > + `git describe --containx X` says `v2.30.0-rc2-gXXXXXX` has it), then s/containx/contains/ > + use the tip of the maintenance branch for the 2.30.x versions in the > + `maint-2.30` branch in https://github.com/gitster/git[the maintainer's > + repo].
