Commit b41ec531 authored by Waldemar Brodkorb's avatar Waldemar Brodkorb Committed by Thomas Petazzoni
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give a hint about git rebase 



It seems common knowledge to use git rebase in interactive mode
to fixup issues while respinning patch series, but I found it hard
to find any hint about it. Add a note for git beginners like me.

[Thomas: take into account Arnout's comment.]

Signed-off-by: default avatarWaldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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docs/manual/contribute.txt

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@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ should include a changelog of the modifications between each 
submission. Note that when your patch series is introduced by a cover

letter, an overall changelog may be added to the cover letter in

addition to the changelog in the individual commits.

The best thing to rework a patch series is by interactive rebasing:

+git rebase -i origin/master+. Consult the git manual for more

information.



When added to the individual commits, this changelog is added when

editing the commit message.  Below the +Signed-off-by+ section, add