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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-25 12:36:19 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-09-26 23:53:29 +0300 |
| commit | d19b3e32375bd21b5d89cc484dfc56cbd9b7fee4 (patch) | |
| tree | 462ce639e7d6623fb0cd83de552973f732e77f0e /Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | |
| parent | ac0a314caed1827f4ef5d7145eb609147b48b45d (diff) | |
| download | linux-d19b3e32375bd21b5d89cc484dfc56cbd9b7fee4.tar.xz | |
Documentation/process: fix the canonical patch format description
There shouldn't be a blank line at the beginning, if there is no
optional in-body "From" line. There must be a blank line between
the body of the explanation and the beginning of the S-o-b lines.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 733478ade91b..1ef19d3a3eee 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -621,14 +621,14 @@ The canonical patch subject line is:: The canonical patch message body contains the following: - - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author (only needed if the person - sending the patch is not the author). - - - An empty line. + - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author, followed by an empty + line (only needed if the person sending the patch is not the author). - The body of the explanation, line wrapped at 75 columns, which will be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch. + - An empty line. + - The ``Signed-off-by:`` lines, described above, which will also go in the changelog. |