[oe] [meta-java][PATCH 2/4] README: add note on how to send a patch series with cover-letter
Richard Leitner
richard.leitner at skidata.com
Tue Jun 12 14:33:29 UTC 2018
As patch series should include a cover letter describing the whole
series shortly add a note on this in the README.
Signed-off-by: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner at skidata.com>
---
README | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 564a924..905c311 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ Source code:
git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-java
http://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-java
-When creating patches, please use something like:
+When creating single patches, please use something like:
- git format-patch -M -s --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' origin
+ git format-patch -M -s --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' -1
+
+When creating a patch series, please add a cover letter describing it shortly.
+Therefore use something like:
+
+ git format-patch -M -s --cover-letter --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' origin
When sending patches, please use something like:
- git send-email --to openembedded-devel at lists.openembedded.org <generated patch>
+ git send-email --to openembedded-devel at lists.openembedded.org <generated patch(es)>
Main layer maintainers:
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