From 2595a2b65e843d9d7786143b1fdd16b076ed4e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:05:51 -0700 Subject: documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: Updates to submitting patches I added text to indicate that using the two scripts for generating patches and requesting pulls is the preferred method to send a patch. (From yocto-docs rev: d6f036a91074dd00c51fe0f937224182fc801b3b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 8b58bb675e..8ab6ecf662 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -1005,7 +1005,8 @@ - Following are general instructions for both pushing changes upstream and for submitting changes as patches. + Following are general instructions for both pushing changes upstream and for submitting + changes as patches.
@@ -1029,6 +1030,11 @@ send-pull-request. You can find these scripts in the scripts directory of the Yocto Project file structure. + Using these scripts correctly formats the requests without introducing any + whitespace or HTML formatting. + The maintainer that receives your patches needs to be able to save and apply them + directly from your emails. + Using these scripts is the preferred method for sending patches. For help on using these scripts, simply provide the -h argument as follows: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf