[dpdk-web] [PATCH 2/3] add alternative to send another patch version

Nelio Laranjeiro nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Wed Jul 27 14:15:21 CEST 2016


Some versions of git send-emails does not have -v option, adding it on this
page helps user memory to work around this using git format-patch.

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
---
 dev.html | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dev.html b/dev.html
index 2261aa1..bee2640 100644
--- a/dev.html
+++ b/dev.html
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
 	a version number and changelog annotations are helpful:
 	<pre>git send-email -1 -v2 --annotate --in-reply-to <Message-ID of the previous patch>
 --to dev at dpdk.org --cc <everybody discussing the patch></pre>
+	<p>Another possibility is to use git format-patch:
+	<pre>git format-patch -1 --subject-prefix="PATCH v2"
+--in-reply-to <Message-ID of the previous patch></pre>
+	<p>Then use send email:
+	<pre>git send-email --to dev at dpdk.org --cc <everybody discussing
+the patch> <patch files></pre>
 	<p>Annotations take place after the 3 dashes and should explicit
 	what has changed since the previous version.
 	<p>In the case of a bug reported on the mailing list, the patch should be a reply to the bug report.
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2.1.4



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