Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch

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On 06:48 Thu 07 Sep 2023, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

cc: jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
index c269f5e1a0a3..201b9900bffe 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel
 Original by:
 	Jesper Juhl, August 2005

+
+.. applying patch by Git::
+
+    You can use the below syntax to patch in git repository
+    git-apply --whitespace=error-all <patchfile>
+
+
 .. note::

    This document is obsolete.  In most cases, rather than using ``patch``

So why are you sending a patch ... with no changelog

My bad. Realized it once send it.


to a document that is explicitly marked as being obsolete?

I thought if people visit that page , that note might help.

Are we taking out that page from the doc? Why that page is still there?


jon

--
Thanks,
Bhaskar

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https://about.me/unixbhaskar

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