From 58591e8a1f4de2e53fdd09b2aa86948687106c07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Dunlap Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:04:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: diffstat options Add desired 'diffstat' options to use for kernel patches. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2