linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] docs: quickly-build-trimmed-linux: various small fixes and improvements

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Message-ID: <87r0rgazbj.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 May 2023 12:47:12 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] docs: quickly-build-trimmed-linux: various small
 fixes and improvements

Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> writes:

> * improve the short description of localmodconfig in the step-by-step
>   guide while fixing its broken first sentence
>
> * briefly mention immutable Linux distributions
>
> * use '--shallow-exclude=v6.0' throughout the document
>
> * instead of "git reset --hard; git checkout ..." use "git checkout
>   --force ..." in the step-by-step guide: this matches the TLDR and is
>   one command less to execute. This led to a few small adjustments to
>   the text and the flow in the surrounding area.
>
> * fix two thinkos in the section explaining full git clones
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> ---
>
> Hi. Let me know if you would have prefered this as five seperate
> commits. Ciao, Thorsten

That would be kind of silly; one patch for a set of fixups like this is
fine. 

>  .../quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst           | 49 ++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon