bug#43946: [PATCH] doc: Add item to "Submitting Patches" section.

[Oleg Pykhalov]

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add item about 'git-format-patch
> --base'.
> ---
>  doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
> index af3601442e..5ea3cb1899 100644
> --- a/doc/contributing.texi
> +++ b/doc/contributing.texi
> @@ -932,6 +932,12 @@ Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a 
> package definition,
>  please run through this check list:
>  
>  @enumerate
> +@cindex @code{git format-patch}
> +@cindex @code{git-format-patch}
> +@item
> +We recommend to use the command @code{git format-patch --base} to
> +include the commit where your patch applies.

“git format-patch” already mentioned in the documentation in the first
paragraph https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Submitting-Patches.html

Do I miss something?  Fill free to reopen the issue ;-)

Oleg.

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