From: Timothy Arceri <[email protected]>

---
 docs/devinfo.html | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/devinfo.html b/docs/devinfo.html
index 8ebf80f..ed9eb9b 100644
--- a/docs/devinfo.html
+++ b/docs/devinfo.html
@@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ components.
 perhaps, in very trivial cases.)
 </ul>
 
+<h3>Git Tips</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Test for build breakage between patches e.g last 8 commits.
+<pre>
+    git rebase -i --exec="make -j4" HEAD~8
+</pre>
+<li>Sets the default mailing address for your repo.
+<pre>
+    git config --local sendemail.to [email protected]
+</pre>
+<li> Add version to subject line of patch series in this case for the last 8
+commits before sending.
+<pre>
+    git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8
+</pre>
+</ul>
+
 <h3>Patch formatting</h3>
 
 <p>
-- 
2.5.0

_______________________________________________
mesa-dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev

Reply via email to