[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add patch submit cheatsheet

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 04:47:42PM +0000, Van Haaren, Harry wrote:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > It would be better with a colon:
> > 	Fixes: line
> 
> Ok, will send a v2 with that fix.
> 
> > > git send-email -N --to 
> > Why -N?
> 
> -N sets the Number of patches to send, when not sending .patch files but sending the latest commits of the current branch in git.
> 
> Would you prefer if the sending of .patch files was documented? I'm indifferent - but learned the -N way first :)

>From my point of view, yes. I think using format-patch followed by a separate
send-email is a better, and safer, workflow, as it allows multiple edits and
checks of the patches before sending.

/Bruce