Merge branch 'patman' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-x86

[karo-tx-uboot.git] / tools / patman / README

diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index b3aba136b86f66e65db4bd3dbebe6f0fe7b851f1..7d039e82bc2781bc6624bb423f5d8f4ef302232d 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Series-to: fred.blogs@napier.co.nz
 
 in one of your commits, the series will be sent there.
 
-In Linux this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your
-patches automatically.
+In Linux and U-Boot this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your
+patches automatically (unless you use -m to disable this).
 
 
 How to use this tool
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ will get a consistent result each time.
 How to configure it
 ===================
 
-For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman will
-locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory.
-This contains most of the aliases you will need.
+For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman can use the
+file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory to supply the email aliases
+you need. To make this work, tell git where to find the file by typing
+this once:
 
-For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where
-to send patches pretty well.
+    git config sendemail.aliasesfile doc/git-mailrc
+
+For both Linux and U-Boot the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring
+out where to send patches pretty well.
 
 During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default
 user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file.
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ END
        A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
        probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
        override the default signoff that patman automatically adds.
+       Multiple duplicate signoffs will be removed.
 
  Tested-by: Their Name <email>
  Reviewed-by: Their Name <email>