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Message-Id: <1374746886-22961-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:08:06 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references
Request inclusion of oneline summaries when referring to other commits
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 6e97e73..26b1e31 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch.
If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by
number and URL.
+If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the
+SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of
+the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about.
+Example:
+
+ Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused,
+ delete it.
+
3) Separate your changes.
--
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