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Commit 58591e8a1f4de2e53fdd09b2aa86948687106c07

Authored by Randy Dunlap
Committed by Linus Torvalds
1 parent 15b2fe3931
Exists in master and in 7 other branches imx_3.0.35_4.1.0, imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga, imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-l5.0.0_1.0.0-ga

[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: diffstat options 

Add desired 'diffstat' options to use for kernel patches.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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386 386 and deleted lines per file. A diffstat is especially useful on bigger
387 387 patches. Other comments relevant only to the moment or the maintainer,
388 388 not suitable for the permanent changelog, should also go here.
  389 +Use diffstat options "-p 1 -w 70" so that filenames are listed from the
  390 +top of the kernel source tree and don't use too much horizontal space
  391 +(easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation).
389 392  
390 393 See more details on the proper patch format in the following
391 394 references.