[U-Boot] [PATCH v1] patman: add Series-commit-notes tag and section

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Tue Nov 12 05:02:36 CET 2013


Hi Massihiro,

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com>wrote:

> Hello Albert, Simon.
>
> > Sometimes a commit should have notes enclosed with it rather
> > than withing the cover letter -- possibly even because there
> > is no cover letter. Add 'Series-commit-notes' tag, similar to
> > 'Series-notes'; lines between this tag and the next END line
> > are inserted in the patch right after the '---' separator line.
>
> (Please correct me if I am wrong.)
>
> In my understanding, "Series-" prefix implies that
> the tag has an impact on the whole series.
> For example, Series-to, Series-cc, Series-version, Series-prefix, etc.
>
> If I am not misunderstanding, in this case 'Series-commit-notes' tag
> adds a ratinale part to the only patch file which this tag is given to.
>
> How about dropping 'Series-' prefix?
>

Yes I think that is a good idea.

Regards,
Simon


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