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

Jani Nikula jani.nikula at intel.com
Thu Mar 29 14:49:03 UTC 2018


On Thu, 29 Mar 2018, Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Pedantic me says no comma before that.

With that fixed, please push directly with

Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>

> +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.
> +
>  Please subscribe to the https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dim-tools
>  mailing list if you use dim.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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