From: Aubrey Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:28:01 GMT Subject: how to make a git-format patch Message-ID: <6d6a94c50604120328ufa09f0do76c04472206ae15f@mail.gmail.com> Hi list, When I use GIT to generate a patch, I can use git-diff, if one file changed, I can get the following patch: ================================= diff --git a/net/packet/Kconfig b/net/packet/Kconfig index 34ff93f..959c272 100644 --- a/net/packet/Kconfig +++ b/net/packet/Kconfig @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config PACKET config PACKET_MMAP bool "Packet socket: mmapped IO" - depends on PACKET + depends on PACKET && MMU help If you say Y here, the Packet protocol driver will use an IO mechanism that results in faster communication. ================================= But I saw most of the git-format patches have a header in the front of the patch file, like: ================================= * Added xxxxxx support Signed-off-by: xxxxxxxx --- net/packet/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++++- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/packet/Kconfig b/net/packet/Kconfig index 34ff93f..959c272 100644 --- a/net/packet/Kconfig +++ b/net/packet/Kconfig ----snip---- ================================= Just want to know how this kind of patch format generated. Thanks for any hints. Regards, -Aubrey