docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit explanation
authorBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:03:30 +0000 (18:03 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:00:16 +0000 (11:00 -0700)
commitd254d263f6c89107a5accf5b24bc3d120ead113f
treeda0c886aa6cb51f415da7ba5386454853ad2edd2
parentc7dd2c42f1bccf993a80a032e2106b3ecb1ec1ed
docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit explanation

After receiving a second patchset this week without knowing which tree
it applies on and trying to apply it on the obvious ones and failing,
make sure the base tree information which needs to be supplied in the
0th message of the patchset is spelled out more explicitly.

Also, make the formulations stronger as this really is a requirement and
not only a useful thing anymore.

Signed-off-by: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
change-id: <unique-series-id>
base-commit: <commit-id-or-tag>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231115170330.16626-1-bp@alien8.de
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst