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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-07-03 14:12:26 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-07-04 14:48:17 +0100 |
commit | 75d007be846db36a1c87d566c30398357db018ff (patch) | |
tree | 37eeba452abd4a7fc55ae64e00edeaaa94717440 | |
parent | bf753f8aef0eb3d33d5950c45d319b3ed9486256 (diff) | |
download | poky-75d007be846db36a1c87d566c30398357db018ff.tar.gz |
documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: edits to sending patch
The section that describes how to send a patch upstream via email
did not have a good connection to the various mailing lists. I
added some references to this section and also mentioned using
the scripts if the user has many changes to commit.
(From yocto-docs rev: ad75ae45420c43bda974d22b02094237b5c7cc50)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 09095981b3..4db4bc1441 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | |||
@@ -1050,7 +1050,18 @@ | |||
1050 | <para> | 1050 | <para> |
1051 | If you have a just few changes, you can commit them and then submit them as an | 1051 | If you have a just few changes, you can commit them and then submit them as an |
1052 | email to the maintainer. | 1052 | email to the maintainer. |
1053 | Here is a general procedure: | 1053 | Depending on the components changed, you need to submit the email to a specific |
1054 | mailing list. | ||
1055 | For some guidance on which mailing list to use, see the list in the | ||
1056 | "<link linkend='how-to-submit-a-change'>How to Submit a Change</link>" section | ||
1057 | earlier in this manual. | ||
1058 | For a description of the available mailing lists, see | ||
1059 | "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#resources-mailinglist'>Mailing Lists</ulink>" | ||
1060 | section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. | ||
1061 | </para> | ||
1062 | |||
1063 | <para> | ||
1064 | Here is the general procedure on how to submit a patch through email: | ||
1054 | <itemizedlist> | 1065 | <itemizedlist> |
1055 | <listitem><para>Make your changes in your local Git repository.</para></listitem> | 1066 | <listitem><para>Make your changes in your local Git repository.</para></listitem> |
1056 | <listitem><para>Stage your changes by using the <filename>git add</filename> | 1067 | <listitem><para>Stage your changes by using the <filename>git add</filename> |
@@ -1087,7 +1098,14 @@ | |||
1087 | the series of patches. | 1098 | the series of patches. |
1088 | For information on the <filename>git format-patch</filename> command, | 1099 | For information on the <filename>git format-patch</filename> command, |
1089 | see <filename>GIT_FORMAT_PATCH(1)</filename> displayed using the | 1100 | see <filename>GIT_FORMAT_PATCH(1)</filename> displayed using the |
1090 | <filename>man git-format-patch</filename> command.</para></listitem> | 1101 | <filename>man git-format-patch</filename> command.</para> |
1102 | <note>If you have many patches to submit, you might consider using the | ||
1103 | method described in the "<link linkend='pushing-a-change-upstream'>Pushing | ||
1104 | a change Upstream and Requesting a Pull</link>" section described | ||
1105 | earlier in the manual. | ||
1106 | This method uses the <filename>create-pull-request</filename> and | ||
1107 | <filename>send-pull-request</filename> scripts that automate much of the | ||
1108 | process.</note></listitem> | ||
1091 | <listitem><para>Import the files into your mail client by using the | 1109 | <listitem><para>Import the files into your mail client by using the |
1092 | <filename>git send-email</filename> command. | 1110 | <filename>git send-email</filename> command. |
1093 | <note>In order to use <filename>git send-email</filename>, you must have the | 1111 | <note>In order to use <filename>git send-email</filename>, you must have the |