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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index b94d9a8166..01354c2bb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
commit message (or just use the option "-s" when
committing) to confirm that you agree to the Developer's
Certificate of Origin
+ - make sure that you have tests for the bug you are fixing
+ - make sure that the test suite passes after your commit
Patch:
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
- if you change, add, or remove a command line option or
make some other user interface change, the associated
documentation should be updated as well.
+ - if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
+ you send off a message in the correct encoding.
Long version:
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ One test you could do yourself if your MUA is set up correctly is:
$ git fetch http://kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master:test-apply
$ git checkout test-apply
$ git reset --hard
- $ git applymbox a.patch
+ $ git am a.patch
If it does not apply correctly, there can be various reasons.
@@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ If it does not apply correctly, there can be various reasons.
does not have much to do with your MUA. Please rebase the
patch appropriately.
-* Your MUA corrupted your patch; applymbox would complain that
+* Your MUA corrupted your patch; "am" would complain that
the patch does not apply. Look at .dotest/ subdirectory and
see what 'patch' file contains and check for the common
corruption patterns mentioned above.
@@ -292,15 +296,15 @@ diff --git a/pico/pico.c b/pico/pico.c
--- a/pico/pico.c
+++ b/pico/pico.c
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ PICO *pm;
- switch(pico_all_done){ /* prepare for/handle final events */
- case COMP_EXIT : /* already confirmed */
- packheader();
+ switch(pico_all_done){ /* prepare for/handle final events */
+ case COMP_EXIT : /* already confirmed */
+ packheader();
+#if 0
- stripwhitespace();
+ stripwhitespace();
+#endif
- c |= COMP_EXIT;
- break;
-
+ c |= COMP_EXIT;
+ break;
+
(Daniel Barkalow)