diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
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@@ -156,9 +156,11 @@ As mentioned at the begining, patches should be bisectable.
A good way to test this is to make use of the `git rebase` command,
to run your tests on each commit. Assuming your branch is based off
origin/master
, you can run:
+
$ git rebase --interactive --exec "make check" origin/master+
replacing "make check"
with whatever other test you want to
run.