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Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references

Request inclusion of oneline summaries when referring to other commits

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

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Geert Uytterhoeven and committed by
Jiri Kosina
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Documentation/SubmittingPatches
··· 109 109 If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by 110 110 number and URL. 111 111 112 + If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the 113 + SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of 114 + the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about. 115 + Example: 116 + 117 + Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary 118 + platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary 119 + platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused, 120 + delete it. 121 + 112 122 113 123 3) Separate your changes. 114 124