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

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

I personally go out of my way to avoid things like "livepatch: "
prefixes getting committed into the repo.

~Andrew

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