From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:19:05 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux X-Git-Tag: v4.4-rc1~20 X-Git-Url: https://git.kernelconcepts.de/?p=karo-tx-linux.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=4aeabc6b5ca3b9d025f287978096e138bdfbdd35;hp=be4773e6a11a0cc1e63c9c32f000b870e51b8c01 Merge tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux Pull more documentation updates from Jon Corbet: "A few more documentation patches that wandered in and have no reason to wait; these include some improvements to the suggestions for email clients and patch submission" * tag '4.4-additional' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: Documentation: Add minimal Mutt config for using Gmail Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt Documentation: dontdiff: remove media from dontdiff Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss In-Reply-To Remove email address from Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt can-doc: Add missing semicolon to example --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 4710e4afef19..d603fa078235 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -718,8 +718,21 @@ generates appropriate diffstats by default.) See more details on the proper patch format in the following references. +15) Explicit In-Reply-To headers +-------------------------------- + +It can be helpful to manually add In-Reply-To: headers to a patch +(e.g., when using "git send email") to associate the patch with +previous relevant discussion, e.g. to link a bug fix to the email with +the bug report. However, for a multi-patch series, it is generally +best to avoid using In-Reply-To: to link to older versions of the +series. This way multiple versions of the patch don't become an +unmanageable forest of references in email clients. If a link is +helpful, you can use the https://lkml.kernel.org/ redirector (e.g., in +the cover email text) to link to an earlier version of the patch series. + -15) Sending "git pull" requests +16) Sending "git pull" requests ------------------------------- If you have a series of patches, it may be most convenient to have the diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 9de9813d0ec5..8ea834f6b289 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ mach-types.h machtypes.h map map_hugetlb -media mconf miboot* mk_elfconfig diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index aba85b39a400..2d485dea8cec 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -176,11 +176,47 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt: if you want to include the patch inline. (a)ttach works fine without "set paste". +You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt +to send them: + $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch + Config options: It should work with default settings. However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: set send_charset="us-ascii:utf-8" +Mutt is highly customizable. Here is a minimum configuration to start +using Mutt to send patches through Gmail: + +# .muttrc +# ================ IMAP ==================== +set imap_user = 'yourusername@gmail.com' +set imap_pass = 'yourpassword' +set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX +set folder = imaps://imap.gmail.com/ +set record="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail" +set postponed="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts" +set mbox="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail" + +# ================ SMTP ==================== +set smtp_url = "smtp://username@smtp.gmail.com:587/" +set smtp_pass = $imap_pass +set ssl_force_tls = yes # Require encrypted connection + +# ================ Composition ==================== +set editor = `echo \$EDITOR` +set edit_headers = yes # See the headers when editing +set charset = UTF-8 # value of $LANG; also fallback for send_charset +# Sender, email address, and sign-off line must match +unset use_domain # because joe@localhost is just embarrassing +set realname = "YOUR NAME" +set from = "username@gmail.com" +set use_from = yes + +The Mutt docs have lots more information: + http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/Gmail + http://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pine (TUI) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt index 6db0e5d1da07..28091457b71a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Written by: Neil Brown +Written by: Neil Brown +Please see MAINTAINERS file for where to send questions. Overlay Filesystem ================== diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.txt b/Documentation/networking/can.txt index 4636b94518da..05fd83bb3596 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/can.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.txt @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: addr.can_family = AF_CAN; addr.can_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex; - connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) + connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)); (..)