CONTRIBUTING.md: add an extra example

prertik · jamill · commit f5d88c4e918b · 2018-09-05T09:26:28.000-04:00
This commit adds an extra example to submit an incrementing version patch series to the mailing list which should be the continuation to previous patch series. This closes #1745 Signed-off-by: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -418,3 +418,10 @@ potentially interested reviewers.
 ```
 git send-email --to=git@vger.kernel.org --cc=<email1> --cc=<email2> [dir with patches]/*.patch
 ```
+
+To submit a nth version patch (say version 3):
+
+```
+git send-email --to=git@vger.kernel.org --cc=<email1> --cc=<email2> \
+    --in-reply-to=<the message id of cover letter of patch v2> [dir with patches]/*.patch
+```

-Original file line number
+Diff line change
 ```
 git send-email [email protected] --cc=<email1> --cc=<email2> [dir with patches]/*.patch
 ```
++
 +To submit a nth version patch (say version 3):
++
 +```
 +git send-email [email protected] --cc=<email1> --cc=<email2> \
 +    --in-reply-to=<the message id of cover letter of patch v2> [dir with patches]/*.patch
 +```