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[v3,3/6] docs/devel: add b4 for patch retrieval

Message ID 20241206192900.3893118-4-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org
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Series Enhance documentation for new developers | expand

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Pierrick Bouvier Dec. 6, 2024, 7:28 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
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 docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Comments

Thomas Huth Dec. 9, 2024, 6:47 a.m. UTC | #1
On 06/12/2024 20.28, Pierrick Bouvier wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
> ---
>   docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> index 69df7682c5e..1ef7d137320 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> @@ -433,6 +433,16 @@ For more details on how QEMU's stable process works, refer to the
>   
>   .. _participating_in_code_review:
>   
> +Retrieve an existing series
> +---------------------------
> +
> +If you want to apply an existing series on top of your tree, you can simply use
> +`b4 <https://github.com/mricon/b4>`__.
> +
> +::
> +
> +    b4 shazam $msg-id

Should we elaborate on $msg-id here? (saying that this is about patch series 
that have been sent to the mailing list and you have the retrieve the 
"Message-Id:" header from one of the patches?)

Apart from that the patch looks fine to me, thanks for tackling this!

  Thomas
Pierrick Bouvier Dec. 9, 2024, 6:25 p.m. UTC | #2
On 12/8/24 22:47, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 06/12/2024 20.28, Pierrick Bouvier wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>    docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>>    1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
>> index 69df7682c5e..1ef7d137320 100644
>> --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
>> +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
>> @@ -433,6 +433,16 @@ For more details on how QEMU's stable process works, refer to the
>>    
>>    .. _participating_in_code_review:
>>    
>> +Retrieve an existing series
>> +---------------------------
>> +
>> +If you want to apply an existing series on top of your tree, you can simply use
>> +`b4 <https://github.com/mricon/b4>`__.
>> +
>> +::
>> +
>> +    b4 shazam $msg-id
> 
> Should we elaborate on $msg-id here? (saying that this is about patch series
> that have been sent to the mailing list and you have the retrieve the
> "Message-Id:" header from one of the patches?)
>

Ok, doing this is next version.

> Apart from that the patch looks fine to me, thanks for tackling this!
> 
>    Thomas
>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
index 69df7682c5e..1ef7d137320 100644
--- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
@@ -433,6 +433,16 @@  For more details on how QEMU's stable process works, refer to the
 
 .. _participating_in_code_review:
 
+Retrieve an existing series
+---------------------------
+
+If you want to apply an existing series on top of your tree, you can simply use
+`b4 <https://github.com/mricon/b4>`__.
+
+::
+
+    b4 shazam $msg-id
+
 Participating in Code Review
 ----------------------------