Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 This document is obsolete.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? I would happily remove it, but ran into resistance (a few years ago) when I suggested it. Thanks, jon
