SubmittingPatches: choice of base for fixing an older maintenance track
commit37f6040764489ee63b14807c1196c3b2e6469eb4
authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 05:16:49 +0000 (25 22:16 -0700)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:39:00 +0000 (26 09:39 -0700)
treed4ed00e2d9739d495bf082acadefd985ddf0e20b
parent0a02ca2383455e40cfc0b1c0818479c2d36fe6cd
SubmittingPatches: choice of base for fixing an older maintenance track

When working on an high-value bugfix that must be given to ancient
maintenance tracks, a starting point that is older than `maint` may
have to be chosen.

Helped-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/SubmittingPatches