From 09ea6b93245ab52abed5ca87e533cf45690df902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Leitner Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:33:29 +0200 Subject: README: add note on how to send a patch series with cover-letter 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 Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John --- 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@lists.openembedded.org + git send-email --to openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Main layer maintainers: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf