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| author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> | 2006-01-08 01:04:52 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-01-08 20:14:04 -0800 |
| commit | 58591e8a1f4de2e53fdd09b2aa86948687106c07 (patch) | |
| tree | 572cb4935c6b5a0a8dab4885f59cd791234c1c67 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 15b2fe3931831891a62bad9cafd403c169ae087c (diff) | |
[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: diffstat options
Add desired 'diffstat' options to use for kernel patches.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 3c12fc14694..6198e5ebcf6 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ a diffstat, to show what files have changed, and the number of inserted and deleted lines per file. A diffstat is especially useful on bigger patches. Other comments relevant only to the moment or the maintainer, not suitable for the permanent changelog, should also go here. +Use diffstat options "-p 1 -w 70" so that filenames are listed from the +top of the kernel source tree and don't use too much horizontal space +(easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation). See more details on the proper patch format in the following references. |