CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/base: Add file documenting the base commit of patch sets

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/base b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/base
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..7e5ef5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/base
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Name
+       patches/base - instructions for the base commit of patch sets
+
+Description
+       Make patches against the latest version of the manual page.
+       Use git(1) for getting the latest version.

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
index 27957aee9c8f3f5b4399317a6287b627fb8b53ba..bccfb085fe535a2f38a001cbdda926e6663e7fe0 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ Description
           logically-separate issues in the same page, send separate
           emails.
 
-       -  Make patches against the latest version of the manual page.
-          Use git(1) for getting the latest version.
-
    Send the patches
        We recommend using git-send-email(1) to send the patches to the
        mailing list.  For instructions on how to configure and use it,