linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tag

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:49:40 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     trix@...hat.com
Cc:     jacobhuisman@...nelthusiast.com, robh@...nel.org,
        grandmaster@...klimov.de, mchehab+huawei@...nel.org,
        konstantin@...uxfoundation.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tag

On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:01:15 -0700
trix@...hat.com wrote:

> To make it a little clearer how to create a fixes tag,
> add an example based on the preceeding gitconfig setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index e58b2c541d25..5219bf3cddfc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ outputting the above style in the ``git log`` or ``git show`` commands::
>  	[pretty]
>  		fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")
>  
> +An example call::
> +
> +	$ git log -1 --pretty=fixes 54a4f0239f2e
> +	Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_page() return the number of pages it actually freed")
> +

Sure, why not?  Applied, thanks.

jon