linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add a trivial patch style checker

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Date:	Tue, 29 May 2007 09:51:55 +0800
From:	"Qi Yong" <qiyong@...cn.com>
To:	"Andy Whitcroft" <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"Joel Schopp" <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a trivial patch style checker

On 28/05/07, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> wrote:

...

> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index a417b25..23637e8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -118,7 +118,21 @@ then only post say 15 or so at a time and wait for review and integration.
>

...

> -8) Name your kernel version.
> +9) Name your kernel version.
>
>  It is important to note, either in the subject line or in the patch
>  description, the kernel version to which this patch applies.

If omitted, we could assume it default to the latest linus git tree.

> -10) Include PATCH in the subject
> +11) Include PATCH in the subject
>
>  Due to high e-mail traffic to Linus, and to linux-kernel, it is common
>  convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH].  This lets Linus

or use "patch", to be easier to read.

-- 
Qi Yong
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