From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Holden Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Provide better guidance for submitting patches against git-gui, gitk Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:18:55 -0500 Message-ID: <1356891535-5647-3-git-send-email-jason.k.holden.swdev@gmail.com> References: <1356891535-5647-1-git-send-email-jason.k.holden.swdev@gmail.com> Cc: gitster@pobox.com, paulus@samba.org, patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net, Jason Holden To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 30 19:20:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TpNUe-0008Ru-R3 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:20:17 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754756Ab2L3STw (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:19:52 -0500 Received: from mail-vc0-f176.google.com ([209.85.220.176]:41941 "EHLO mail-vc0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754708Ab2L3STu (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:19:50 -0500 Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id fo13so12235021vcb.35 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:19:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:in-reply-to :references; bh=4Zb2/shzXWgwZR4foO3Yk6kEW4jAkTUGnPQH8iZvZ18=; b=uU+F7RQkgeu38X3ylg0ASGUjLRfgiXuROLxHBO2f2BiUtU4IHMiXU3E3TEEWshP3iF SYDcXTCNQNnQHJGB8Bcfp3OzSqnceTTjHf/RK1Wm/HpQQgAAGuHBIMb7PDQkJo2CUeYn MpTWINx9P3dVtuf2vvNW2+Pta1SZLhauMGslWLHHGTqkZb+jCll6YHOwgTrwZUuSBsSH Cj9vDaYCVxAUdvpcA7EWtYrC7ygccgwlESoSEk/iMu7j66tNpWYh5DGu3Mvp3Qb01UJ/ SfNT4njV5yGQA/0hpyNGpvFUkRMPIfw6pZ2hPTMx2uTdw/mVittgnV2Duw4YHRiLUXUx xlDA== X-Received: by 10.58.168.135 with SMTP id zw7mr61546756veb.4.1356891589813; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:19:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from rowblue.hsd1.nh.comcast.net (c-75-69-185-21.hsd1.nh.comcast.net. [75.69.185.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a10sm34079005vez.10.2012.12.30.10.19.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:19:49 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.rc3.28.g0ab5d1f In-Reply-To: <1356891535-5647-1-git-send-email-jason.k.holden.swdev@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: git-gui and gitk are maintained upstream of git. Document this, and the procedure for submitting patches to these tools Signed-off-by: Jason Holden --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 75935d5..b82d426 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): please test it first by sending email to yourself. - see below for instructions specific to your mailer + Improving the GUI's + - gitk and git-gui are maintained upstream of Git despite being + included in Git's git repository + - Patches should be made against the upstream gui repository, + and not against the version in Git's git repository + - The resulting patch should still be emailed for review + to the git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org), cc'ing the + applicable gui maintainer + - Please see the MAINTAINER's file for the gui maintainer's contact + information and canonical repository location + Long version: I started reading over the SubmittingPatches document for Linux -- 1.8.1.rc3.28.g0ab5d1f