linux-kernel - Re: Contributing subsequent patch versions

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Message-ID: <87pm49nabr.fsf@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 30 Jul 2023 09:10:48 +0200
From:   Oscar Megia López <megia.oscar@...il.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Contributing subsequent patch versions

"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 08:36:50PM +0200, Oscar Megia López wrote:
>> I don't know correct steps to send patch's v2 as above instance. Sorry,
>> but I need step by step instructions, if not I think that I can make
>> mistakes and I don't want. Sorry, but my experience says that is very
>> easy make mistakes when I am newbie.
>
> We all make mistakes; don't worry about it!  This includes myself,
> which is why I often will run:
>
>       git format-patch -o /tmp/p -5
>
> <then examine the patches in /tmp/p very carefully to make sure they make sense>
>
> before I run
>
>        git send-email /tmp/e --to linux-<subsystem>
>
> where I have a bunch of aliases in ~/.mail_aliases, e.g.:
>
...

Thank you very much Ted for your help and your time. I really appreciate
it.

I apologize for my doubts, but I've always been told that I'm
different because I doubt everything. Sometimes is good and sometimes is
not good.

In my experience, I believe that asking for help from someone who knows
much more is the right way to act when you don't know how solve issue.

-- 
Regards
Oscar Megia López