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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-13 00:02:15 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-15 14:31:42 -0700 |
| commit | b25c4699569f8cef23b21a8441bb90beb28ffa36 (patch) | |
| tree | 5cd2fc8d9e2700820279819ea3a55208ad8c70a7 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'maint-1.9' into maint-2.0 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-b25c4699569f8cef23b21a8441bb90beb28ffa36.tar.xz | |
SubmittingPatches: encourage users to use format-patch and send-email
In step "(4) Sending your patches", we instruct users to do an
inline patch, avoid breaking whitespaces, avoid attachments, use
[PATCH v2] for second round, etc., all of which format-patch and
send-email combo know how to do well.
The need was identified by, and the text is based on the work by
Cody Taylor.
Suggested-by: Cody Taylor <cody.taylor@maternityneighborhood.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index e6d46edbe7..38e4ae23a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ 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 |