[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 01/26] docs: git tips

[Emil Velikov]

On 29 February 2016 at 01:17, Timothy Arceri
<timothy.arceri at collabora.com> wrote:
> From: Timothy Arceri <t_arceri at yahoo.com.au>
>
> ---
>  docs/devinfo.html | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/devinfo.html b/docs/devinfo.html
> index 8ebf80f..ed9eb9b 100644
> --- a/docs/devinfo.html
> +++ b/docs/devinfo.html
> @@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ components.
>  perhaps, in very trivial cases.)
>  </ul>
>
> +<h3>Git Tips</h3>
> +
> +<ul>
> +<li>Test for build breakage between patches e.g last 8 commits.
> +<pre>
> +    git rebase -i --exec="make -j4" HEAD~8
> +</pre>
> +<li>Sets the default mailing address for your repo.
> +<pre>
> +    git config --local sendemail.to mesa-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
> +</pre>
> +<li> Add version to subject line of patch series in this case for the last 8
> +commits before sending.
> +<pre>
> +    git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8

Fwiw some of us tend to use the shorter version:

$ git send-email -v4 -8

Whether we want it or not I prefer if others decise.

-Emil