[ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn] docs: fix git format-patch command for backports
Ben Pfaff
blp at ovn.org
Tue Jun 29 16:46:25 UTC 2021
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:24:11PM -0400, Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> One, HEAD~, not HEAD, should be used to generate any patches. Two, add
> "ovn" to the generated mail topic. Third, update branch name to a
> fresh one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys at redhat.com>
Both of these look odd to me:
> - $ git format-patch HEAD --subject-prefix="PATCH branch-2.7"
> + $ git format-patch HEAD~ --subject-prefix="PATCH ovn branch-21.06"
I think the idea here is to just generate one patch from the tip of the
current branch. HEAD~ works but I'd normally write -1 instead.
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