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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-28 09:33:10 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-28 09:33:10 -0700 |
| commit | a5d31548544a709b18926220867fe1c1995fa9c3 (patch) | |
| tree | f89cff3526de4cd12096bdd0be252bdfee1bbf18 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jk/cleanup-failed-clone' into maint (diff) | |
| parent | SubmittingPatches: encourage users to use format-patch and send-email (diff) | |
| download | tgif-a5d31548544a709b18926220867fe1c1995fa9c3.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/submitting-patches-mention-send-email' into maint
Recommend format-patch and send-email for those who want to submit
patches to this project.
* jc/submitting-patches-mention-send-email:
SubmittingPatches: encourage users to use format-patch and send-email
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index ef0eeb40cd..98fc4cc1d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ that is fine, but please mark it as such. (4) Sending your patches. +Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands +are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways +your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime +type e-mails to corrupt and render your patches unusable. + People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard |