From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
To make it a little clearer how to create a fixes tag,
add an example based on the preceeding gitconfig setup.
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index e58b2c541d25..5219bf3cddfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ outputting the above style in the ``git log`` or ``git show`` commands::
[pretty]
fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")
+An example call::
+
+ $ git log -1 --pretty=fixes 54a4f0239f2e
+ Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_page() return the number of pages it actually freed")
+
.. _split_changes:
3) Separate your changes
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2.18.1
