[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH] Update README to document proper handling of patches for other branches
Eric Nelson
eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Wed Mar 18 10:05:22 PDT 2015
Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com>
---
README | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index e1647ad..ccd6d2b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ When creating a patch of the last commit, use
To send it to the community, use
git send-email --to meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org <generated patch>
+
+Patches are normally intended for the master branch.
+
+Patches for other branches should be sent separately so they can be tracked
+individually in Patchwork and should have the branch name in brackets.
+
+For example, use this to generate a patch for branch 'dizzy':
+
+ git format-patch -s \
+ --subject-prefix='meta-freescale][meta-fsl-arm-extra][dizzy][PATCH' -1
--
1.9.1
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