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

[Kenneth Graunke]

On Monday, February 29, 2016 11:13:44 AM PST Matt Turner wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Since I didn't know either of those arguments, and Ken just replied
> and suggested one but not the other, it seems valuable to note them
> instead :)

Nice!  I knew about -1, but I didn't realize you could put an arbitrary
integer there to get more than one patch.  Thanks :)
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