diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 169db12afe4d..e47b02880b15 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 15b2fe3931831891a62bad9cafd403c169ae087c +refs/heads/master: 58591e8a1f4de2e53fdd09b2aa86948687106c07 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 3c12fc146940..6198e5ebcf65 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ a diffstat, to show what files have changed, and the number of inserted 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.