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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2488544407..6d589e118c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ GitHub-Travis CI hints section for details. Do not forget to update the documentation to describe the updated behavior and make sure that the resulting documentation set formats -well. It is currently a liberal mixture of US and UK English norms for +well (try the Documentation/doc-diff script). + +We currently have a liberal mixture of US and UK English norms for spelling and grammar, which is somewhat unfortunate. A huge patch that touches the files all over the place only to correct the inconsistency is not welcome, though. Potential clashes with other changes that can @@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ smaller project it is a good discipline to follow it. The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have -the right to pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are +the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify the below D-C-O: [[dco]] @@ -370,15 +372,15 @@ such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:". Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own repositories. -- 'git-gui/' comes from git-gui project, maintained by Pat Thoyts: +- `git-gui/` comes from git-gui project, maintained by Pat Thoyts: git://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git -- 'gitk-git/' comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project: +- `gitk-git/` comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project: git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk -- 'po/' comes from the localization coordinator, Jiang Xin: +- `po/` comes from the localization coordinator, Jiang Xin: https://github.com/git-l10n/git-po/ @@ -403,7 +405,7 @@ don't demand). +git log -p {litdd} _$area_you_are_modifying_+ would help you find out who they are. . You get comments and suggestions for improvements. You may - even get them in a "on top of your change" patch form. + even get them in an "on top of your change" patch form. . Polish, refine, and re-send to the list and the people who spend their time to improve your patch. Go back to step (2). |