On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:00:50 -0400 Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of the recurring complaints from both maintainers and CI system > operators is that performing git-am on received patches is difficult > without knowing the parent object in the git history on which the > patches are based. Without this information, there is a high likelihood > that git-am will fail due to conflicts, which is particularly > frustrating to CI operators. > > Git versions starting with v2.9.0 are able to automatically include > base-commit information using the --base flag of git-format-patch. > Document this usage in process/submitting-patches, and add the rationale > for its inclusion, plus instructions for those not using git on where > the "base-commit:" trailer should go. > > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I really wish we could find a way to make submitting-patches.rst shorter rather than longer - it's a lot for a first-time submitter to work through. But this is useful information, so I've applied it. Thanks, jon
