Message ID | cover.1743857160.git.princerichard17a@gmail.com |
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Headers | show |
Series | staging: sm750fb: change function naming style | expand |
On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > - This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version. Please, how do I resolve this issue? Richard Akintola
On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM Samuel Abraham <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM Richard Akintola > <princerichard17a@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > > > > - This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you > > > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version. > > > > Please, how do I resolve this issue? > > > > Richard Akintola > > Hello Richard > > THis is the main message from the bot > > This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version. > Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the > kernel file, Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what > needs to be done here to properly describe this. > > It basically means that if you made a change to a patch, you will have > a new version. > You will have to indicate the patch version and also what changed > > So lets say you have a first Patch then after review, or you edited > the commit message > or made a change in the code or something, > you will now have a new patch which you will call v2. > > you will use git format-patch -o /tmp/ --subject-prefix="PATCH v2" <commit-ID> > > then when you want to send with mutt, immediately after the signed-off > by line there are three dashes (---), > You will then write what changes under these three dashes in the format > > signedoff-by: Richard > --- > Changes in v1: > - This is what changed in v1. > > I hope this helps > Also, you can go to the "Submitting a Patchset" section down the page of the firstPatch documentation for more information on versioning patchsets. Adekunle