From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:43:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Add patch-sending instructions to git-workflow X-Git-Tag: emacs-25.0.90~1224^2~167 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f962c5d6472804f788cdd54631bcc46aab5f59ce;p=emacs.git Add patch-sending instructions to git-workflow From a suggestion by Mitchel Humpherys in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-09/msg00421.html * admin/notes/git-workflow (Sending patches): New section. --- diff --git a/admin/notes/git-workflow b/admin/notes/git-workflow index d1d105a8a7a..40dfa6b7410 100644 --- a/admin/notes/git-workflow +++ b/admin/notes/git-workflow @@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ top of that. Then say git push +Sending patches +=============== + +If you lack push access or would like feedback before pushing a patch, +you can send a patch file as a bug report. After committing your +change locally, do: + +git format-patch -1 + +This creates a file 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch containing the patch, where +DESCRIPTION comes from the first line of your patch's commit message. +You can attach the patch file to email that you send to +bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. You can also configure git to email patches +directly (see ) and do: + +git send-email --to=bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch + + Backporting to emacs-24 =======================