[dpdk-dev] [Process] Git Fixline Suggestion

[Van Haaren, Harry]

Hi All,

I propose to add CC: <author> to the output of the git fixline command[1].

The logic here is that if it is a fix to the previous code, the original author of that code should be informed. Currently the author must read the mailing-list carefully in order to ensure that no patches are missed, that fix code that they are the author of.

The new workflow is the same as before: copy the output of "git fixline" into the commit message. The output would now be two lines as follows:

Fixes: 17b8320a3e11 ("vhost: remove index parameter")
cc: author at domain.com


The following git fixline achieves this:

git log -1 --abbrev=12 --format="Fixes: %h (\"%s\")%nCC:%ae"


Opinions? -Harry


[1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/patches.html#commit-messages-body