[PATCH] dim: Add explanation on dim and external tools

Oleksandr Andrushchenko andr2000 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 14:42:35 UTC 2018


From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko at epam.com>

Add a note that if some specific functionality is not available from
dim then every day tooling should be used as usually.
For example, git in case one needs to amend/alter patches etc.

Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko at epam.com>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
---
 dim.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dim.rst b/dim.rst
index cc930959e497..995a84f08ba2 100644
--- a/dim.rst
+++ b/dim.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ rebasing) push out the new tree with::
 This will also rebuild a new drm-tip integration tree. For historical reasons
 there's shortcut for the drm-intel specific branches for most of these commands.
 
+Please note, that if there is no specific command available from dim then you
+can always use your every day tooling to get things done.
+For example, if a wrong patch was applied or you need to update commit message
+or fix anything else in the git repository, then just use git to do so
+as usual.
+
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 mailing list if you use dim.
 
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