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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:28:35 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, corbet@....net, bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up > +How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in? > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > +To help maintainers and CI bots you should explicitly mark which tree > +your patch is targeting. Assuming that you use git, use the prefix > +flag:: > + > + git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish > + > +Use ``net`` instead of ``net-next`` (always lower case) in the above for > +bug-fix ``net`` content. If you don't use git, then note the only magic > +in the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you > +can manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable > +with. Maybe we should consider removing the 'If you don't use git...' text. We want people to use git. Anybody who can correctly format a patch and get it passed their MTU and mail system without it getting corrupted not using git should be able to figure out how to set the subject line correctly. Andrew
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