From 566f2ed5716297ce60ca10c57aeddc406835c430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas@basnieuwenhuizen.nl>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:39:15 +0200
Subject: docs: Document interaction Fixes tag and stable branches.

For the next time I forget.

Signed-off-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <basni@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
---
 docs/submittingpatches.html | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
index 5310b1d8c17..ecf9590a951 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is
 Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination.
 </p>
 
+Alternatively, if one uses the "Fixes" tag as described in the "Patch formatting"
+section, it nominates a commit for all active stable branches that include the
+commit that is referred to.
+
 <h2 id="criteria">Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch</h2>
 
 Mesa has a designated release manager for each stable branch, and the release
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