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authorzimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>2020-10-12 10:20:03 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-09-22 16:14:39 +0200
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doc: Add item to "Submitting Patches" section.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add item about 'git-format-patch
--base'.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -1011,6 +1011,12 @@ Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a package definition,
 please run through this check list:
 
 @enumerate
+@cindex @code{git format-patch}
+@cindex @code{git-format-patch}
+@item
+We recommend to use the command @code{git format-patch --base} to
+include the commit where your patch applies.
+
 @item
 If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic
 signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the