[Buildroot] [PATCH 7/9] manual/contribute.txt: reword part about versioning patches
Jerzy Grzegorek
jerzy.grzegorek at trzebnica.net
Fri Mar 28 21:24:48 UTC 2014
Signed-off-by: Jerzy Grzegorek <jerzy.grzegorek at trzebnica.net>
---
docs/manual/contribute.txt | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
index 47494cb..b641ff2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ Changes v1 -> v2:
Any patch revision should include the version number. The version number
is simply composed of the letter +v+ followed by an +integer+ greater or
-equal to two (i.e. "PATCH v2", "PATCH v3" ...).
+equal to two (i.e. "PATCH v2", "PATCH v3" ...). Note that when your patch
+series is introduced by a cover letter, an overall patch version may be
+added to the cover letter in addition/instead to the individual commits.
This can be easily handled with +git format-patch+ by using the option
+--subject-prefix+:
--
1.7.9.5
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