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diff --git a/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst b/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst index d8de9a49e..9f7ea121d 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/contributing.rst @@ -170,3 +170,22 @@ Q: How do I apply patches from email? ``pwclient git-am #``, where # is the patch's number. (This fails with certain patches that contain form-feeds, due to a limitation of the protocol underlying ``pwclient``.) + + Another way to apply patches directly from patchwork which supports applying + patch series is to use the ``git-pw`` program. It can be obtained with + ``pip install git-pw``. Alternative installation instructions and general + documentation can be found at + https://patchwork.readthedocs.io/projects/git-pw/en/latest/. You need to + use your openvswitch patchwork login or create one at + https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/register/. The following can then be set on + the command line with ``git config`` or through a ``.gitconfig`` like this:: + + [pw] + server=https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0 + project=openvswitch + username=<username> + password=<password> + + Patch series can be listed with ``git-pw series list`` and applied with + ``git-pw series apply #``, where # is the series number. Individual patches + can be applied with ``git-pw patch apply #``, where # is the patch number. |