[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Add Beta versioning

[Dmitri Pal]

On 11/09/2012 07:58 AM, Petr Vobornik wrote:
> On 11/09/2012 01:43 PM, Lynn Root wrote:
>> The VERSION file and Makefile now handles 'beta' release parameters
>> when making s/rpms.
>>
>> Ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2893
>>
>> Lynn Root
>> Associate Software Engineer
>> Red Hat
>
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> In a next patch, I'd suggest to follow patch-naming conventions
> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/wiki/PatchFormat . Also include the
> patch number into a mail subject, it helps to keeping track of patches.
>
OK, finally. It is a good time to ask.

Several years ago when we adopted this format I was wondering what is
the exact sequence of operations one should do to make the resulting
patch follow the format.
I never figured it out so I never adopted the format for the patches I
provide for ding-libs from time to time.

So in the title of the commit message I put (for example):
[INI] Remove code that allows dup sections

the I do git format-patch with arguments
this translates into a patch with name
0001-INI-Remove-code-that-allows-dup-sections.patch

So am I supposed to the manually rename the patch to follow the format
or have a script to do that or there is some other way that I do not
know about that would allow me to provide patches following the format
above right out of the git format-patch so that I do not need to do the
renaming?

Please advise.



-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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