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Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter"
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The git format-patch --notes option can now insert the commit notes
after the three dashes. Mention this after the regular cover letter
guidance for submitting patches.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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Philip Oakley authored and Jeff King committed Oct 25, 2012
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Expand Up @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ message starts, you can put a "From: " line to name that person.

You often want to add additional explanation about the patch,
other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter"
material between the three dash lines and the diffstat.
material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes
can also be inserted using the `--notes` option.

Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not.
Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let
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