On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:37:45 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > A branch with merges in will sometimes create a diffstat containing a lot > of unrelated work at "git request-pull" time. Create a document based on > Linus's advice (found in the links below) and add it to the maintainer > manual in the hope of saving some wear on Linus's keyboard going forward. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg3wXH2JNxkQi+eLZkpuxqV+wPiHhw_Jf7ViH33Sw7PHA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgXbSa8yq8Dht8at+gxb_idnJ7X5qWZQWRBN4_CUPr=eQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > --- > v2: Various tweaks suggested by Borislav, Bagas, and Akira Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Akira > > Documentation/maintainer/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/maintainer/messy-diffstat.rst | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 97 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/maintainer/messy-diffstat.rst > [...]
