Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch

[Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>]

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On 06:48 Thu 07 Sep 2023, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> cc: jesper.juhl@gmail.com
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  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 <patchfile>
>> +
>> +
>>  .. 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     This document is obsolete.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?


>jon

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Thanks,
Bhaskar

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