As patch series should include a cover letter describing the whole series shortly add a note on this in the README.
Signed-off-by: Richard Leitner <richard.leit...@skidata.com> --- README | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 564a924..905c311 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ Source code: git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-java http://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-java -When creating patches, please use something like: +When creating single patches, please use something like: - git format-patch -M -s --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' origin + git format-patch -M -s --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' -1 + +When creating a patch series, please add a cover letter describing it shortly. +Therefore use something like: + + git format-patch -M -s --cover-letter --subject-prefix='meta-java][PATCH' origin When sending patches, please use something like: - git send-email --to openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org <generated patch> + git send-email --to openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org <generated patch(es)> Main layer maintainers: -- 2.11.0 -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel