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authorTom Rix <trix@redhat.com>2020-07-10 23:01:15 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-07-23 23:49:23 +0300
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parented85ae502ee5a20ccd8b57efcaded3a1a81dd815 (diff)
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docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tag
To make it a little clearer how to create a fixes tag, add an example based on the preceeding gitconfig setup. Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200710200115.21176-1-trix@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ outputting the above style in the ``git log`` or ``git show`` commands::
[pretty]
fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")
+An example call::
+
+ $ git log -1 --pretty=fixes 54a4f0239f2e
+ Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_page() return the number of pages it actually freed")
+
.. _split_changes:
3) Separate your changes