From: Philip Oakley Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:34:07 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter" X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=76323c67b7729076e4f905f6d227329a47e6443f;p=git.git Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter" The git format-patch --notes option can now insert the commit notes after the three dashes. Mention this after the regular cover letter guidance for submitting patches. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley Signed-off-by: Jeff King --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 0dbf2c984..3d8b2fe4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ message starts, you can put a "From: " line to name that person. You often want to add additional explanation about the patch, other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter" -material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. +material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes +can also be inserted using the `--notes` option. Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not. Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let