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authorGustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>2013-09-27 11:56:14 -0300
committerGustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>2013-09-27 11:56:14 -0300
commit1025c04cecd19882e28f16c4004034b475c372c5 (patch)
tree2b7402887e86d54bff5a123228c9059eae5e32bd /Documentation/SubmittingPatches
parent4375f1037d52602413142e290608d0d84671ad36 (diff)
parent5bcecf325378218a8e248bb6bcae96ec7362f8ef (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth
Conflicts: net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
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@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch.
If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by
number and URL.
+If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the
+SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of
+the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about.
+Example:
+
+ Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary
+ platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused,
+ delete it.
+
3) Separate your changes.