On 02/28/2016 06:17 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote:
From: Timothy Arceri <t_arc...@yahoo.com.au>
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perhaps, in very trivial cases.)
</ul>
+<h3>Git Tips</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Test for build breakage between patches e.g last 8 commits.
+<pre>
+ git rebase -i --exec="make -j4" HEAD~8
+</pre>
+<li>Sets the default mailing address for your repo.
+<pre>
+ git config --local sendemail.to mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
+</pre>
+<li> Add version to subject line of patch series in this case for the last 8
+commits before sending.
+<pre>
+ git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8
+</pre>
+</ul>
+
<h3>Patch formatting</h3>
<p>
Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <bri...@vmware.com>
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