From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
To: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Cc: GitList <git@vger.kernel.org>, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: show usage of branch description
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:44:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xqh0e+2aMZf8i-1hBc0fMgaz0UjVdboLv+L9+rBYBR85w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1442098288-3316-1-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
> The branch description will be included in 'git format-patch
> --cover-letter' and in 'git pull-request' emails. Tell the reader.
>
> While here, clarify that the description may be a multi-line
> explanation of the purpose of the branch's patch series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
> ---
>
> This is a short doc patch to follow up $gmane/277628 where Johannes
> Schindelin noted this otherwise undocumented feature.
>
Thanks for this.
>
> Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 ++-
> Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
> Documentation/git-request-pull.txt | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
> index a67138a..79ad1c7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
> @@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
>
> --edit-description::
> Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
> - for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
> + for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `format-patch`
> + and `request-pull`). Multi-line explanations may be used.
>
Are these the only locations? Just want to make sure while we're updating it.
Otherwise, for what it's worth...
Acked-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Regards,
Jake
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-12 23:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-10 16:28 storing cover letter of a patch series? Jacob Keller
2015-09-10 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-10 18:02 ` Martin Fick
2015-09-10 18:38 ` Jacob Keller
2015-09-10 18:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-11 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-04 23:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-08-05 15:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-05 21:20 ` Martin Fick
2016-08-05 21:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-06 16:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-07 5:12 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-08-07 9:52 ` John Keeping
2016-08-07 10:42 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-08 17:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-09 7:12 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-09-10 18:32 ` Jacob Keller
2015-09-10 18:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-10 18:46 ` Jacob Keller
2015-09-10 20:09 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-10 21:03 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-04 23:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-09-10 18:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-09-10 21:00 ` Jacob Keller
2015-09-10 21:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-09-10 22:20 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-12 22:51 ` [PATCH] doc: show usage of branch description Philip Oakley
2015-09-12 23:44 ` Jacob Keller [this message]
2015-09-14 12:01 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-14 13:24 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-14 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-15 16:06 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-15 19:10 ` Philip Oakley
2015-09-14 14:10 ` [PATCH v2] " Philip Oakley
2015-09-11 8:30 ` storing cover letter of a patch series? Chris Packham
2015-09-18 4:03 ` Simon Glass
2016-08-08 17:27 ` Stefan Beller
2016-08-08 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-13 8:49 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-14 7:15 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 6:28 ` Stefan Beller
2016-08-15 6:38 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 6:49 ` Stefan Beller
2016-08-15 6:52 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 9:40 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-15 12:37 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-15 13:30 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-15 13:47 ` John Keeping
2016-08-15 20:09 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 20:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-15 23:01 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 20:46 ` Philip Oakley
2016-08-16 3:45 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-16 5:26 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-16 6:45 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-08-16 15:52 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-16 21:29 ` Philip Oakley
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