From 8401aa1f59975c03eeebd3ac6d264cbdfe9af5de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Keller Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:36:39 -0700 Subject: Documentation/SubmittingPatches: describe the Fixes: tag Update the SubmittingPatches process to include howto about the new 'Fixes:' tag to be used when a patch fixes an issue in a previous commit (found by git-bisect for example). Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Tested-by: Aaron Brown Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches') diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2a8e89e13e45..7e9abb8a276b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ Example: platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused, delete it. +If your patch fixes a bug in a specific commit, e.g. you found an issue using +git-bisect, please use the 'Fixes:' tag with the first 12 characters of the +SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary. +Example: + + Fixes: e21d2170f366 ("video: remove unnecessary platform_set_drvdata()") + +The following git-config settings can be used to add a pretty format for +outputting the above style in the git log or git show commands + + [core] + abbrev = 12 + [pretty] + fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\") 3) Separate your changes. @@ -443,7 +457,7 @@ person it names. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion -14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by: and Suggested-by: +14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please @@ -498,6 +512,12 @@ idea was not posted in a public forum. That said, if we diligently credit our idea reporters, they will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the future. +A Fixes: tag indicates that the patch fixes an issue in a previous commit. It +is used to make it easy to determine where a bug originated, which can help +review a bug fix. This tag also assists the stable kernel team in determining +which stable kernel versions should receive your fix. This is the preferred +method for indicating a bug fixed by the patch. See #2 above for more details. + 15) The canonical patch format -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b