Module: Mesa Branch: master Commit: 81557af63b421310a5cfdc06da0c0479248866fc URL: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=81557af63b421310a5cfdc06da0c0479248866fc
Author: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> Date: Fri Sep 15 17:10:57 2017 +0000 docs/submittingpatches: add 'test each commit' instructions Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Thomas Helland <[email protected]> --- docs/submittingpatches.html | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index ecf9590a95..0581391b29 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ Whenever possible and applicable, test the patch with to check for regressions. </p> +<p> +As mentioned at the begining, patches should be bisectable. +A good way to test this is to make use of the `git rebase` command, +to run your tests on each commit. Assuming your branch is based off +<code>origin/master</code>, you can run: +<pre> +$ git rebase --interactive --exec "make check" origin/master +</pre> +replacing <code>"make check"</code> with whatever other test you want to +run. +</p> + <h2 id="mailing">Mailing Patches</h2> _______________________________________________ mesa-commit mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-commit
