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diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index 564ad731b24..6ca39c48259 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ patch comment. For example: <pre> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89689 </pre> +<li>If a patch addresses a issue introduced with earlier commit, that should be +noted in the patch comment. For example: +<pre> + Fixes: d7b3707c612 "util/disk_cache: use stat() to check if entry is a directory" +</pre> <li>If there have been several revisions to a patch during the review process, they should be noted such as in this example: <pre> |