From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB8CDA0522 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 13:35:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871501C2F8; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 13:35:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3EC1C2E8; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 13:35:32 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: D5AF0CAG0IvbWSpL/g3ocZFvRXBuPnQFbjPyKtKmBGLDZpWSols8JJj461UY+VapWxTeUsqftR u5V/mT1LFyqQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9668"; a="164551860" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,300,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="164551860" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Jul 2020 04:35:31 -0700 IronPort-SDR: EozWRRiPEuwNQq1nsWzDSz4AZaIzoXwK6pVk50gUTp4c6Di6/aI0qZllhgFQ9AjtGw2A9boxqE 9Gi98e6j+hOw== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,300,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="455073913" Received: from silpixa00399752.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00399752.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.222.180]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2020 04:35:29 -0700 From: Ferruh Yigit To: John McNamara , Marko Kovacevic Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Ferruh Yigit , ci@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 12:35:28 +0100 Message-Id: <20200701113528.303605-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-ci] [PATCH] doc: add dependency syntax to contributing guide X-BeenThere: ci@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK CI discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ci-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "ci" To help managing patch dependencies, both for maintainers or automation tasks, document a syntax for commit logs or cover letters to express their dependencies. Using the syntax proposed in Bugzilla ID 210: [https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210] 'Depends-on: series-NNNNN' OR 'Depends-on: patch-NNNNN' Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit --- Cc: ci@dpdk.org --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 1c6a04100..54dbb0508 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ In the commit message body the Cc: stable@dpdk.org should be inserted as follows For further information on stable contribution you can go to :doc:`Stable Contribution Guide `. +Patch Dependencies +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sometimes a patch or patchset can depend on another one. +To help the maintainers and automation tasks, please document this dependency in commit log or cover letter with the following syntax:: + + Depends-on: series-NNNNN + + OR + + Depends-on: patch-NNNNN + +Where ``NNNNN`` is patchwork ID for patch or series:: + + doc: fix some parameter description + + Update the docs, fixing description of some parameter. + + Signed-off-by: Alex Smith + --- + Depends-on: series-10000 Creating Patches ---------------- -- 2.25.4