[rtems-docs commit] eng/vc-users: Set up patch message with repo name
Gedare Bloom
gedare at rtems.org
Tue Mar 16 19:06:53 UTC 2021
Module: rtems-docs
Branch: master
Commit: a4755f6ee551b0175d287d605c33f99fa2cef614
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=a4755f6ee551b0175d287d605c33f99fa2cef614
Author: Meh Mbeh Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 16 19:30:59 2021 +0100
eng/vc-users: Set up patch message with repo name
Added instructions on how to set up a patch message with a repo name.
Author: Meh Mbeh Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 16 19:11:23 2021 +0100
---
eng/vc-users.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/eng/vc-users.rst b/eng/vc-users.rst
index 31de516..64c2624 100644
--- a/eng/vc-users.rst
+++ b/eng/vc-users.rst
@@ -458,6 +458,14 @@ specify a version number for your patch, for example, use
to indicate the second version of a patch, ``-v3`` for a third, and so forth.
+Also, in order to create a patch specifying the repo name in the patch message,
+you should use the``--subject-prefix`` flag. For example, if contributing to
+the rtems-docs repo, use
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ git format-patch --subject-prefix="PATCH rtems-docs" ...
+
Patches created using ``git format-patch`` are formatted so they can be emailed
and rely on having Git configured with your name and email address, for example
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