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Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss In-Reply-To 

Add a paragraph suggesting best practices for when to link patches
to previous LKML messages via In-Reply-To.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
[jc: moved the added text to a separate section]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -718,8 +718,21 @@ generates appropriate diffstats by default.)
See more details on the proper patch format in the following
references.
15) Explicit In-Reply-To headers
--------------------------------
15) Sending "git pull" requests
It can be helpful to manually add In-Reply-To: headers to a patch
(e.g., when using "git send email") to associate the patch with
previous relevant discussion, e.g. to link a bug fix to the email with
the bug report. However, for a multi-patch series, it is generally
best to avoid using In-Reply-To: to link to older versions of the
series. This way multiple versions of the patch don't become an
unmanageable forest of references in email clients. If a link is
helpful, you can use the https://lkml.kernel.org/ redirector (e.g., in
the cover email text) to link to an earlier version of the patch series.
16) Sending "git pull" requests
-------------------------------
If you have a series of patches, it may be most convenient to have the