X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?p=dpdk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fcontributing%2Fpatches.rst;h=de493a901dc522c5730075f932bcbe0f1e71b3ce;hp=261c4b84869706af1bebb9409b1c16d15a362d1e;hb=f74904ce98e84f48e8f3a96b7ad6b6347c3f44b6;hpb=0e28cca82a81fb97597096cf2e30a49eb9af5043 diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 261c4b8486..de493a901d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -336,6 +336,24 @@ In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as follows For further information on stable contribution you can go to :doc:`Stable Contribution Guide `. +Patch Dependencies +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sometimes a patch or patchset can depend on another one. +To help the maintainers and automation tasks, please document this dependency in commit log or cover letter +with the following syntax: + +``Depends-on: series-NNNNN ("Title of the series")`` or ``Depends-on: patch-NNNNN ("Title of the patch")`` + +Where ``NNNNN`` is patchwork ID for patch or series:: + + doc: fix some parameter description + + Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter. + + Signed-off-by: Alex Smith + --- + Depends-on: series-10000 ("Title of the series") Creating Patches ----------------