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 5C3B5EC8744 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 16:38:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240822AbjIGQiy (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:38:54 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44172 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S244125AbjIGQiU (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:38:20 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAB264694; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:26:29 -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 F19E12E0; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:48:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net F19E12E0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1694090892; bh=JysPJRxXrczQoAPmvqIYhM9DcAdktvVPirtxUtRrSuU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=gq1rdGWSBptK8bB4PeNqahqtX1h9qLqu+1xycBkYyqsLa4s2keClWk6Y2GMOTUJx3 /4TUy131r9C92oxQ9pcn9PAmArhMmEE6h3ANtn+nx6bTAwu2KCGdBPSXvltnsLKev5 WRjrdoqmsi6U+YAfOww83Z4m9Mj803LQhWu9aaGZDeWL09HBFquwqIfwtpVfJj+nmM 3orype6boAO/OJSe38ttkzvGjXPa+hk1wRP0lTs2PRBz5eZrjo/ZOnqJD/wyxm9iaV eHeJAHoUIT3J8xMWyecyLz+LdemPc9Ku8+En66auar1NkZUVrk8XmacEkblgQranzJ gdfvZWjzzwyBg== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bhaskar Chowdhury , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bhaskar Chowdhury , jesper.juhl@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch In-Reply-To: <20230907115420.28642-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> References: <20230907115420.28642-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:48:11 -0600 Message-ID: <87bkee40ac.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: > 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 ... adding a useless label ... and Sphinx syntax errors ... to a document that is explicitly marked as being obsolete? jon