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@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ noted in the patch comment.  For example:
 <pre>
    Fixes: d7b3707c612 "util/disk_cache: use stat() to check if entry is a directory"
 </pre>
+<li>You can produce those fixes lines by running
+<pre>git config --global alias.fixes "show -s --pretty='format:Fixes: %h (\"%s\")'"</pre>
+once and then using <pre>git fixes &lt;sha1&gt;</pre>
 <li>If there have been several revisions to a patch during the review
 process, they should be noted such as in this example:
 <pre>
@@ -368,9 +371,9 @@ you should add an appropriate note to the commit message.
 <p>
 Here are some examples of such a note:
 </p>
-<ul>
-  <li>CC: &lt;mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org&gt;</li>
-</ul>
+<pre>
+CC: &lt;mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org&gt;
+</pre>
 
 Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate
 the commit for all the active stable branches. If the commit is not applicable