From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit explanation
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:07:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231115180747.GFZVUI84eKiMC9BPs3@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202311150948.F6E39AD@keescook>
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 09:49:31AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 06:03:30PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
> >
> > After receiving a second patchset this week without knowing which tree
> > it applies on and trying to apply it on the obvious ones and failing,
> > make sure the base tree information which needs to be supplied in the
> > 0th message of the patchset is spelled out more explicitly.
> >
> > Also, make the formulations stronger as this really is a requirement and
> > not only a useful thing anymore.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
>
> Yup, I wonder if making "--base=auto" a default in git might be a good
> idea too?
Not a bad idea. And if not needed, one can simply ignore it when reading
the cover letter.
CCing the git ML for comment/opinions.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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