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| author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2018-02-21 18:23:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2018-02-21 18:27:23 +0100 |
| commit | 70058cd9f944d620764e57c838209afae8a58c78 (patch) | |
| tree | 28ed4654c87f6ce22991534d1d3467b214322ed1 /doc | |
| parent | 887530733d0486ab68ff351c4855f5450c2d50e6 (diff) | |
| download | libgpg-error-70058cd9f944d620764e57c838209afae8a58c78.tar.gz | |
build: Document how to use git send-email.
* autogen.rc: Add patches_to.
* autogen.sh: Run git config sendemail.to.
* doc/HACKING: Describe use of git send-email.
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Co-authored-by: Todd Zullinger
Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/HACKING | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index d379099..33b56d5 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -57,18 +57,24 @@ - if you're working from the git repo, here's a suggested workflow: + - configure git send-email defaults: + + git config format.subjectPrefix 'PATCH libgpg-error' + git config sendemail.to gnupg-devel@gnupg.org + + Note that running ./autogen.sh on a fresh clone will do this for + you. + - hack hack hack - commit your changes; group changes into easily-reviewable commit units, feel free to submit several patches at once - e.g. if you want to submit a single patch on top of master, do: - git send-email --to=gnupg-devel@gnupg.org --annotate -1 - (please put a mention of libgpg-error into the subjects, - annotate lets you do that) + git send-email --annotate -1 - e.g. if you have two commits on top of master, do: - git send-email --to=gnupg-devel@gnupg.org --annotate --cover-letter -2 + git send-email --annotate --cover-letter -2 (that prompts you for a summary mail to precede your actual patch mails) |