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2018-07-26docs: Add rest label the_canonical_patch_formatTobin C. Harding
In preparation to convert Documentation/network/netdev-FAQ.rst to restructured text format. We would like to be able to reference 'the canonical patch format' section. Add rest label: 'the_canonical_patch_format'. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-04-16Docs: tell maintainers to put [GIT PULL] in their subject linesMatthew Wilcox
It seems that Linus looks for [GIT PULL] in subject lines to ensure that pull requests don't get buried in the noise during merge windows. Update the docs to reflect that. [jc: From an impromptu post from willy, thus no SOB] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-03-07docs: add Co-Developed-by docsTobin C. Harding
When Co-Developed-by tag was added, docs were only added to Documention/process/5.Posting.rst and were not added to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst Add documentation to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> [jc: tweaked commas in the subheading] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-09-26Documentation/process: fix the canonical patch format descriptionJunio C Hamano
There shouldn't be a blank line at the beginning, if there is no optional in-body "From" line. There must be a blank line between the body of the explanation and the beginning of the S-o-b lines. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-07-23docs: submitting-patches - change non-ascii character to asciiFrank Rowand
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst contains a non-ascii character. Change it to the ascii equivalent. Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-10-27docs: Tweak submitting-patches.rst formattingJonathan Corbet
The main goal here was to get the subsections to show in the TOC as they do for all the other documents. Also call out the DCO in the section title since it's important. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab
The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-10-24docs-rst: add documents to development-processMauro Carvalho Chehab
Add several documents to the development-process ReST book. As we don't want renames, use symlinks instead, keeping those documents on their original place. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>