[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: make Subject examples match the de facto standard

[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: make Subject examples match the de facto standard

[Alex Henrie]

The examples should better match what kernel developers actually expect,
so that they set a good example both for this project and for other
projects with similar development processes.

Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index fd89b04..4710e4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ succinct and descriptive, but that is what a well-written summary
 should do.
 
 The "summary phrase" may be prefixed by tags enclosed in square
-brackets: "Subject: [PATCH tag] <summary phrase>".  The tags are not
-considered part of the summary phrase, but describe how the patch
+brackets: "Subject: [PATCH <tag>...] <summary phrase>".  The tags are
+not considered part of the summary phrase, but describe how the patch
 should be treated.  Common tags might include a version descriptor if
 the multiple versions of the patch have been sent out in response to
 comments (i.e., "v1, v2, v3"), or "RFC" to indicate a request for
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ the patch series.
 
 A couple of example Subjects:
 
-    Subject: [patch 2/5] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching
-    Subject: [PATCHv2 001/207] x86: fix eflags tracking
+    Subject: [PATCH 2/5] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching
+    Subject: [PATCH v2 01/27] x86: fix eflags tracking
 
 The "from" line must be the very first line in the message body,
 and has the form:
-- 
2.5.2

Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: make Subject examples match the de facto standard

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:11:19 +0200
Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> wrote:

> The examples should better match what kernel developers actually expect,
> so that they set a good example both for this project and for other
> projects with similar development processes.

Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

jon

Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: make Subject examples match the de facto standard

[Alex Henrie]

2015-09-24 23:57 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:11:19 +0200
> Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The examples should better match what kernel developers actually expect,
>> so that they set a good example both for this project and for other
>> projects with similar development processes.
>
> Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

Thank you! The little things do matter ;-)

-Alex