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[PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Instruct how to use [PATCH] Subject header

From
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Feb 4, 2008, 00:24 UTC
Message-ID
<r6ft1sd1.fsf@blue.sea.net>

Suggest putting additional message inside brackets, like [PATCH v2] for reworked content.

Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto AT cante.net>
---
 Idea by Jakub Narebski
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index de08d09..69ecbd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
 	  maintainer (gitster@pobox.com). If you use
 	  git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending
 	  email to yourself.
+        - If you rework the patch, announce the message
+          in brackets. For example "[PATCH/RFC]", "[PATCH (resend)]",
+          "[PATCH v2]" etc.
 
 Long version:
 
-- 
1.5.4-rc5.GIT-dirty



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