Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engest...@imgtec.com> --- docs/submittingpatches.html | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index ecf9590a95..0581391b29 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ <h2 id="testing">Testing Patches</h2> to check for regressions. </p> +<p> +As mentioned at the begining, patches should be bisectable. +A good way to test this is to make use of the `git rebase` command, +to run your tests on each commit. Assuming your branch is based off +<code>origin/master</code>, you can run: +<pre> +$ git rebase --interactive --exec "make check" origin/master +</pre> +replacing <code>"make check"</code> with whatever other test you want to +run. +</p> + <h2 id="mailing">Mailing Patches</h2> -- Cheers, Eric _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
