git-lkml for stupid people (like me)
OK, as Stephen recently asked why there is a double inclusion of in kernel/sysctl.c (and I asked Greg and Randy); I finally decided to write a patch to the LKML for possible inclusion. But, git ain’t easy for people like me (who are used to the easiness of say - subversion or even cvs). So here’s what I did (thanks to Fernando for the help earlier today): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $ vim kernel/sysctl.c // change something $ git checkout -b sysctl // create a new branch from your changes, based upon the master repository $ git commit -a -s // commit the changes to your newly created branch $ git format-patch master..sysctl // Enter a subject and then a separate description // and you should have a new file in the current working directory starting like 0001-*.patch Now you should have a mailable patch, ready to be sent upstream that looks like this: ...