[dpdk-ci] [PATCH v2] doc: add dependency syntax to contributing guide

[Aaron Conole]

Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> writes:

> To help managing patch dependencies, both for maintainers or automation
> tasks, document a syntax for commit logs or cover letters to express
> their dependencies.
>
> Using the syntax proposed in Bugzilla ID 210:
> [https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210]
>
> "Depends-on: series-NNNNN ("Title of the series")'
> OR
> 'Depends-on: patch-NNNNN ("Title of the patch")'
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---

Is the plan that these must be scrubbed before committing?

This data doesn't seem useful in the history.  I would prefer it in the
subject like

[PATCH series-xxxx] lorem ipsum

Since the metadata gets scrubbed.

> Cc: ci at dpdk.org
>
> v2:
> * Add patch/series title as part of syntax
> ---
>  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> index 16b40225f..73f71fc69 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> @@ -336,6 +336,24 @@ In the commit message body the Cc: stable at dpdk.org should be inserted as follows
>  For further information on stable contribution you can go to
>  :doc:`Stable Contribution Guide <stable>`.
>  
> +Patch Dependencies
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +Sometimes a patch or patchset can depend on another one.
> +To help the maintainers and automation tasks, please document this
> dependency in commit log or cover letter
> +with the following syntax:
> +
> +``Depends-on: series-NNNNN ("Title of the series")`` or ``Depends-on: patch-NNNNN ("Title of the patch")``
> +
> +Where ``NNNNN`` is patchwork ID for patch or series::
> +
> +     doc: fix some parameter description
> +
> +     Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter.
> +
> +     Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith at example.com>
> +     ---
> +     Depends-on: series-10000 ("Title of the series")
>  
>  Creating Patches
>  ----------------