From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C9DEC8743 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 17:41:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237025AbjIGRlc (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:41:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33292 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233066AbjIGRlb (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:41:31 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7A341BFF; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 10:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:73::646]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4809734; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:25:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net B4809734 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1694093155; bh=d9VOO54izSZ+Y78YkdpBL5lYFwvi3J0YPmSbTDRc0eY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Xm/uediu6OX8jnr8w4hh5TE7FmCIxkMu67/6S66YIMy1GfUvUNbHNRkEnsbDX6cR/ 3zpgdDOrJ62wEfigCqXNOixua9mFty5+Op5vXAilCJc3OQmYAVf3ERTvpCPC0trLir KUcF7kFeuJ0dfkS5jZmYlVuXmQO+NRpKud4jCWFCqUvmoa1zy9jT25jSitjTr47dd+ La7+jZ4OV5mJT/xoN3mSgbT8YvgNYyIl0VDaZpr9IxCvl//vvXd+AHY8MvHLRGRCq2 GaQjeSwup6NZ89DKjNYLY5eemozJdTdTHFEqcBwZ29lHI5qKwnGEbM32vBi54iVYw1 mcl7YYnXMC52A== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bhaskar Chowdhury Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jesper.juhl@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch In-Reply-To: References: <20230907115420.28642-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> <87bkee40ac.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:25:54 -0600 Message-ID: <8734zq3yjh.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org Bhaskar Chowdhury writes: > On 06:48 Thu 07 Sep 2023, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >>Bhaskar Chowdhury writes: >> >>> cc: jesper.juhl@gmail.com >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury >>> --- >>> Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 7 +++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst >>> index c269f5e1a0a3..201b9900bffe 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst >>> +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst >>> @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel >>> Original by: >>> Jesper Juhl, August 2005 >>> >>> + >>> +.. applying patch by Git:: >>> + >>> + You can use the below syntax to patch in git repository >>> + git-apply --whitespace=error-all >>> + >>> + >>> .. note:: >>> >>> This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch`` >> >>So why are you sending a patch ... with no changelog > > My bad. Realized it once send it. > > >>to a document that is explicitly marked as being obsolete? > > I thought if people visit that page , that note might help. > > Are we taking out that page from the doc? Why that page is still there? I would happily remove it, but ran into resistance (a few years ago) when I suggested it. Thanks, jon