netdev - Re: [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:38:39 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
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

On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:28:35 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > +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.

Sounds good to me.