From d19b3e32375bd21b5d89cc484dfc56cbd9b7fee4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:36:19 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/process: fix the canonical patch format
description
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>
---
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 733478ade91b5..1ef19d3a3eee8 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -621,14 +621,14 @@ The canonical patch subject line is::
The canonical patch message body contains the following:
- - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author (only needed if the person
- sending the patch is not the author).
-
- - An empty line.
+ - A ``from`` line specifying the patch author, followed by an empty
+ line (only needed if the person sending the patch is not the author).
- The body of the explanation, line wrapped at 75 columns, which will
be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch.
+ - An empty line.
+
- The ``Signed-off-by:`` lines, described above, which will
also go in the changelog.
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