CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/diff: Add file documenting the diff of a patch

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

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/diff b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/diff
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..8ed3e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/diff
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Name
+       patches/diff - instructions for producing the diff of a patch
+
+Description
+       Send patches in diff -u format.  You may find it useful to
+       employ git-format-patch(1) to produce the patches.

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
index e84520b0c0e2749aa6ac778562944a6fc5a9b7e3..85f9f5a445c1ffd04a964992da0b2fb6020152c1 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.d/patches/patches
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ Description
        To make your patch even more useful, please note the following
        points:
 
-       -  Send patches in diff -u format in an email patch.  You may
-          find it useful to employ git-format-patch(1) and
-          git-send-email(1).
-
        -  Send logically separate patches.  For unrelated pages, or for
           logically-separate issues in the same page, send separate
           emails.