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On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 14:16 +0100, walter harms wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> - The preferred subject line format would be:</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> [PATCH libXt] add simple example for XtAppNextEvent() man page</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">how can i get GIT to make a header like that ?</FONT></TT><BR>
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The reviewers need to know for which component this patch is for when reading the e-mail (there are over 200 of them). You can configure the git format-patch command to always do it for you:
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$> git config format.subjectprefix "PATCH libXft"
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<A HREF="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches">http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches</A>
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