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doc/contrib: patch and code in same file

PATCH In review David Hunt 3 participants 3 messages Oct 26, 2018 – Nov 24, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 doc/contrib: patch and code in same file

Add a paragraph to the patch contribution guide suggesting that developers keep doc updates in the same patch as the code, rather than one big doc update as the final patch in a patch set.

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 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 5 +++++
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doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +5 -0
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@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ Larger changes that require different explanations should be separated into logi
 A good way of thinking about whether a patch should be split is to consider whether the change could be
 applied without dependencies as a backport.
 
+It is better to keep the related documentation changes in the same patch
+file as the code, rather than one big documentation patch at then end of a
+patchset. This makes it easier for future maintenance and development of the
+code.
+
 As a guide to how patches should be structured run ``git log`` on similar files.
 
 
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26/10/2018 13:37, Ferruh Yigit:

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Add a paragraph to the patch contribution guide suggesting that developers keep doc updates in the same patch as the code, rather than one big doc update as the final patch in a patch set.

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doc: suggest to keep doc and code in same patch