Since OVS and OVN are split but still using the same mailing list for development, subject line should contain 'ovn' word. This helps to identify to which project patch should be applied. Especially, it helps to ovsrobot to not try and fail OVN patches on OVS repository.
Additionally removed unwanted empty line that makes '<summary>' part look different in generated documents. Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> --- Version 2: - Added .git/config example. .../contributing/submitting-patches.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst index 5889e3c44..0a9de5866 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst @@ -79,11 +79,21 @@ Email Subject The subject line of your email should be in the following format: - [PATCH <n>/<m>] <area>: <summary> + [PATCH ovn <n>/<m>] <area>: <summary> Where: -``[PATCH <n>/<m>]``: +``[PATCH ovn]``: + indicates that this is the patch and it is targeted for OVN project. This + is important since OVN and OVS are using same mailing lists for development. + ``ovn`` word could be added manually or by using + ``git format-patch --subject-prefix="PATCH ovn" ...``. It might be useful + to add following configuration to a local ``.git/config``:: + + [format] + subjectPrefix = "PATCH ovn" + +``<n>/<m>``: indicates that this is the nth of a series of m patches. It helps reviewers to read patches in the correct order. You may omit this prefix if you are sending only one patch. @@ -94,14 +104,13 @@ Where: multiple distinct pieces of code. ``<summary>``: - briefly describes the change. Use the imperative form, e.g. "Force SNAT for multiple gateway routers." or "Fix daemon exit for bad datapaths or flows." Try to keep the summary short, about 50 characters wide. -The subject, minus the ``[PATCH <n>/<m>]`` prefix, becomes the first line of -the commit's change log message. +The subject, minus the ``[PATCH ovn <n>/<m>]`` prefix, becomes the first line +of the commit's change log message. Description ----------- -- 2.24.1 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
