From patchwork Sat Jul 8 01:05:59 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Linus Arver X-Patchwork-Id: 13305505 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F83CEB64DA for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2023 01:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232934AbjGHBGS (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2023 21:06:18 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58672 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232878AbjGHBGJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2023 21:06:09 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x335.google.com (mail-wm1-x335.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::335]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23F3F212D for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2023 18:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x335.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-3fbc1218262so27960145e9.3 for ; Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:06:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1688778366; x=1691370366; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :references:in-reply-to:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=8kAShDloEwZOOctxV4C0zs/HnE4QRhndj0mHCwQnrCM=; b=dVGv8zG7eQoThM98sfmIsLrTLaZnWdyfMjAV6TkJ1jEsabnsTTHcCJixhRpWZ6txC+ hdt6Kx4NJ7M52tQyC8PlYhOd3GJDou1a8HYqGwfuz3a18ZnFDnbI2ghl2aucd+DKMTjw mns8pZi133Ih6EfiSp08Wt94BQwThT0bJPx6325jHq0bcDFbbowv91xV6HPYJkK+4G+l L9xwpIo32tZds8KKAj1EbnRiEXfvbbVn6I/mpYbJw2X7ICaj0aMbRmWfUdZqB4Vr+NZ8 JOBWSTdjBKxbw4QYqMkgHGt0bdrtxl7hzyFedAqdODexssxoUVcYxJrRUAlGxWb2x1bJ JPTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1688778366; x=1691370366; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :references:in-reply-to:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=8kAShDloEwZOOctxV4C0zs/HnE4QRhndj0mHCwQnrCM=; b=hWLfmzz/doaeV7K9MDn/aUVp35+TEJIGlf48BiNjzO7JIrPCQPF+XDi1UKc8vPsKAs rXrCdc6+I8uDt4aEwRf/NUrZ7uQf8rwsy1eIm02kZ89YFcE8gVaPknl1JdW/H+fCTaRU ghM1IdOEnwWEodduAckDj0tfB5NZpY9QlO447NTW1pkG2khxAibyeQQFeuNTTgt8xCND 8u0fFmNwX1B2jhH7QWjbsFgx+H17JFSdjCnYokOgXra2PxQLloT2vrSv+Ds1PFaxpCKG e9JMvOmBcXNZEVzzzBm5mHhQMpECcJ64LGR657RxCEV7JVi9O/bJk0urr0FVeTx3sDbT 0LRw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLYSu2C2ql3CgTtLFasfuhAhDD9DaCiDTaFt0jFTcJSaxp9KgSs5 L63q8LUqdMU+HAU0jddntswx2iHi3Tg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlEj77ysWd+ccbXeafRarCFvuiWgFl1Sc1A7QjSWo+75KniGksvuyBZysfvH/0peHZVPYHpyWQ== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c389:0:b0:3fc:9f:e75c with SMTP id s9-20020a7bc389000000b003fc009fe75cmr2120035wmj.11.1688778366434; Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n20-20020a7bc5d4000000b003fa8dbb7b5dsm3773464wmk.25.2023.07.07.18.06.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <1db7a1be27fa51113dcb54013297cda7b6b441d7.1688778359.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2023 01:05:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] SubmittingPatches: define topic branches Fcc: Sent MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Linus Arver , Linus Arver Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Arver From: Linus Arver Signed-off-by: Linus Arver --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index ef39808f568..6fb96e6537f 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ The following branches are the typical starting points for new work: * next * seen -These branches are explained in detail in linkgit:gitworkflows[7]. +These branches are explained in detail in linkgit:gitworkflows[7]. There are +also "topic" branches, which contain work from other contributors. Topic +branches are created by the Git maintainer (in their fork) to organize the +current set of incoming contributions from the mailing list, and are enumerated +in the regular "What's cooking in git.git" announcements. + Choose the appropriate branch depending on the following scenarios: * A bugfix should be based on `maint` in general. If the bug is not