From: Randy Dunlap Add desired 'diffstat' options to use for kernel patches. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/SubmittingPatches~submittingpatches-diffstat-options Documentation/SubmittingPatches --- devel/Documentation/SubmittingPatches~submittingpatches-diffstat-options 2006-01-03 23:12:03.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2006-01-03 23:12:03.000000000 -0800 @@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ a diffstat, to show what files have chan and deleted lines per file. A diffstat is especially useful on bigger patches. Other comments relevant only to the moment or the maintainer, not suitable for the permanent changelog, should also go here. +Use diffstat options "-p 1 -w 70" so that filenames are listed from the +top of the kernel source tree and don't use too much horizontal space +(easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation). See more details on the proper patch format in the following references. _