From a4755f6ee551b0175d287d605c33f99fa2cef614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Meh Mbeh Ida Delphine Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:30:59 +0100 Subject: eng/vc-users: Set up patch message with repo name Added instructions on how to set up a patch message with a repo name. Author: Meh Mbeh Ida Delphine Date: Tue Mar 16 19:11:23 2021 +0100 --- eng/vc-users.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'eng/vc-users.rst') diff --git a/eng/vc-users.rst b/eng/vc-users.rst index 31de516..64c2624 100644 --- a/eng/vc-users.rst +++ b/eng/vc-users.rst @@ -458,6 +458,14 @@ specify a version number for your patch, for example, use to indicate the second version of a patch, ``-v3`` for a third, and so forth. +Also, in order to create a patch specifying the repo name in the patch message, +you should use the``--subject-prefix`` flag. For example, if contributing to +the rtems-docs repo, use + +.. code-block:: shell + + git format-patch --subject-prefix="PATCH rtems-docs" ... + Patches created using ``git format-patch`` are formatted so they can be emailed and rely on having Git configured with your name and email address, for example -- cgit v1.2.3