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

[Matt Turner]

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 :)