Request inclusion of oneline summaries when referring to other commits
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 6e97e73..26b1e31 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch.
If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by
number and URL.
+If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the
+SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of
+the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about.
+Example:
+
+ Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused,
+ delete it.
+
3) Separate your changes.
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