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branch master updated: doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch. |
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Tue, 12 May 2020 16:10:58 -0400 |
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bricewge pushed a commit to branch master
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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
new a1891cb doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch.
a1891cb is described below
commit a1891cbffb9909d4a74faf242f28f0f2e998eb2f
Author: Brice Waegeneire <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Sun May 3 12:11:49 2020 +0200
doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add branch name in the
title of a patch if different than master.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 9583120..44bec00 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -1083,12 +1083,14 @@ guix pull --url=/path/to/your/checkout
--profile=/tmp/guix.master
@end enumerate
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