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| author | Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com> | 2016-11-21 17:53:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> | 2016-11-22 15:13:41 +0000 |
| commit | a2283b50e68ffb560057e53fa195aa8498246d8c (patch) | |
| tree | a5fd8d05093bdc9d3bd82816f6b48f1617b4f379 /docs | |
| parent | e260bfec04c7643649b88566460188fcafbb8356 (diff) | |
docs/submitting patches: mention get_reviewers.pl
Mention the script - why/how to use alongside a useful trick to make it
work interactively (thanks Rob!).
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Elie Tournier <tournier.elie@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/submittingpatches.html | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index d2b605bf878..2d18c74decf 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ that should be documented with: Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@foo.com> Acked-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@foo.com> </pre> +<li>In order for your patch to reach the prospective reviewer easier/faster, +use the script scripts/get_reviewer.pl to get a list of individuals and include +them in the CC list. +<br> +Please use common sense and do <strong>not</strong> blindly add everyone. +<br> +<pre> + $ scripts/get_reviewer.pl --help # to get the the help screen + $ scripts/get_reviewer.pl -f src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_android.c + Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,added_lines:188/700=27%,removed_lines:58/283=20%) + Tomasz Figa <tfiga@chromium.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,authored:12/41=29%,added_lines:308/700=44%,removed_lines:115/283=41%) + Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> (authored:13/41=32%,removed_lines:76/283=27%) +</pre> </ul> @@ -335,6 +348,11 @@ commits before sending. git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8 git send-email -v4 @~8 # shorter version, inherited from git format-patch </pre> +<li> Configure git to use the get_reviewer.pl script interactively. Thus you +can avoid adding the world to the CC list. +<pre> + git config sendemail.cccmd "./scripts/get_reviewer.pl -i" +</pre> </ul> |