Documentation/process: fix the canonical patch format description

Linux kernel mirror (for testing) git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

kernel os linux

There shouldn't be a blank line at the beginning, if there is no
optional in-body "From" line. There must be a blank line between
the body of the explanation and the beginning of the S-o-b lines.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Junio C Hamano and committed by

Jonathan Corbet 8 years ago d19b3e32 ac0a314c

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process

submitting-patches.rst

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Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst

··· 621 621 622 622 The canonical patch message body contains the following: 623 623 624 - - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author (only needed if the person 625 - sending the patch is not the author). 626 - 627 - - An empty line. 624 + - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author, followed by an empty 625 + line (only needed if the person sending the patch is not the author). 628 626 629 627 - The body of the explanation, line wrapped at 75 columns, which will 630 628 be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch. 629 + 630 + - An empty line. 631 631 632 632 - The ``Signed-off-by:`` lines, described above, which will 633 633 also go in the changelog.