linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/11] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst

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Message-Id: <1477523979-5837-12-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:39 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst

This is ancient stuff and we don't do things this way anymore.  In the
absence of simply deleting the document, at least add a warning to it.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
index abd7dc7ae240..87825cf96f33 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Original by:
 Last update:
 	2016-09-14
 
+.. note::
+
+   This document is obsolete.  In most cases, rather than using ``patch``
+   manually, you'll almost certainly want to look at using Git instead.
 
 A frequently asked question on the Linux Kernel Mailing List is how to apply
 a patch to the kernel or, more specifically, what base kernel a patch for
-- 
2.7.4