Merge branch 'u-boot/master' into 'u-boot-arm/master'

[oweals/u-boot.git] / tools / patman / README

diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 8cffcd1f3d53ae010928000a4b1e29d81452ccf3..59f1776f54b72e427b65b9a108cf80fa08761ac1 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
 #
-# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
-# project.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
-# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
-# MA 02111-1307 USA
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0+
 #
 
 What is this?
@@ -196,6 +180,14 @@ END
        together and put after the cover letter. Can appear multiple
        times.
 
+Commit-notes:
+blah blah
+blah blah
+more blah blah
+END
+       Similar, but for a single commit (patch). These notes will appear
+       immediately below the --- cut in the patch file.
+
  Signed-off-by: Their Name <email>
        A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
        probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
@@ -243,7 +235,7 @@ TEST=...
 Change-Id:
 Review URL:
 Reviewed-on:
-
+Commit-xxxx: (except Commit-notes)
 
 Exercise for the reader: Try adding some tags to one of your current
 patch series and see how the patches turn out.
@@ -452,12 +444,12 @@ Most of these are indicated by a TODO in the code.
 
 It would be nice if this could handle the In-reply-to side of things.
 
-The tests are incomplete, as is customary. Use the -t flag to run them,
-and make sure you are in the tools/scripts/patman directory first:
+The tests are incomplete, as is customary. Use the --test flag to run them,
+and make sure you are in the tools/patman directory first:
 
     $ cd /path/to/u-boot
-    $ cd tools/scripts/patman
-    $ patman -t
+    $ cd tools/patman
+    $ ./patman --test
 
 Error handling doesn't always produce friendly error messages - e.g.
 putting an incorrect tag in a commit may provide a confusing message.