From ca494c9be4dbe4144de6f9433beb00d0f6cbc15d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierrick Bouvier Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:03:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/devel: add b4 for patch retrieval MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier Message-Id: <20241209183104.365796-4-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée Message-Id: <20250116160306.1709518-34-alex.bennee@linaro.org> --- docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst index 69df7682c5..65c64078cb 100644 --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst @@ -433,6 +433,20 @@ 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 `__. + +:: + + b4 shazam $msg-id + +The message id is related to the patch series that has been sent to the mailing +list. You need to retrieve the "Message-Id:" header from one of the patches. Any +of them can be used and b4 will apply the whole series. + Participating in Code Review ---------------------------- -- 2.30.2