On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 07:07:26PM +0200, Ramagudi Naziir wrote: > >The lkml people don't really like one large diff with all > >changes but rather small patch series that do small logical steps. If > >possible, send small logical steps. That makes your patches easier to > >review and easier to be accepted. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches > >for more information. > > I've read that one. > I am interested in the small technical details - how do developers tend to > create and mail the patch. git diff > file, edit file, cat file | mail LKML > ? > or is there some other nice trickery to accomplish that task ? There are, like git-format-patch and git-send-email. The GIT tutorial has good information and useful links. http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial.html Another good one is the "Everyday GIT" document: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html And of course the GIT homepage: http://git.or.cz/ Erik -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery
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