Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Don't accept fuzz when patching

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Andrew Cooper
<andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 13/06/16 11:08, George Dunlap wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Ross Lagerwall
>> <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> When testing and applying patches, set fuzz=0 so that patches must apply
>>> exactly.  Also set "-f" to avoid interactive questions, and reorder so
>>> that patches are tested before the output directory is created.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  livepatch-build | 11 +++++------
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/livepatch-build b/livepatch-build
>> I take it this is in the "livepatch" repo, not the core Xen repo?
>>
>> I think unless / until livepatch has its own mailing list, all patches
>> sent to xen-devel to the livepatch should be prefixed with
>> "livepatch:", so that people can filter them properly.   I realize
>> this is a bit annoying as then when doing "git log" inside of
>> livepatch.git, you see "livepatch:" at the beginning of every line;
>> but I think it's worth it.  That's what raisin does, FWIW.
>
> An alternative is to use git format-patch --subject-prefix="PATCH livepatch"
>
> This puts livepatch into the email subjects, but gets stripped when
> applying the patch.

Yes, this is a better idea, thanks.

 -George

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