From 731465192a995e5448d015303ab8e4307a101b81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Engestrom Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 17:53:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: reword a sentence a bit The "that you know ahead of time" bit just sounded weird as everything on this page except the backport MR only applies if you know it "ahead of time". Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt Part-of: --- docs/submittingpatches.rst | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.rst b/docs/submittingpatches.rst index 4262d107776..1556226ddec 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.rst +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.rst @@ -275,11 +275,10 @@ The stable tag If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch, you should add an appropriate note to the commit message. -Using a "fixes tag" as described in `Patch formatting <#formatting>`__ -is the preferred way to nominate a commit that you know ahead of time -should be backported. There are scripts that will figure out which -releases to apply the patch to automatically, so you don't need to -figure it out. +Using a ``Fixes:`` tag as described in `Patch formatting <#formatting>`__ +is the preferred way to nominate a commit that should be backported. +There are scripts that will figure out which releases to apply the patch +to automatically, so you don't need to figure it out. Alternatively, you may use a "CC:" tag. Here are some examples of such a note: -- 2.30.2