From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D2F020D21 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752314AbdFNRqw (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:46:52 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f66.google.com ([74.125.83.66]:33053 "EHLO mail-pg0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751904AbdFNRqv (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:46:51 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f66.google.com with SMTP id a70so935071pge.0 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:46:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9nZw/4ILBi2EOoXcaz+438yHSMyVxFqda82w+We0F+w=; b=deDXK4BpOL2nkpQR5QqXoN65vhquR4W8PyDCMZ7XaPjbrDCVXGA4vPoudorQ0EJ7Iv EVrbe3l69Yr1mJG5uC/nDf1kgBEzzs9aK8BW5wNDSueSiZGRc7PInt0JzHq2xWOAc71d 5ra5hXn4S48wRwWkw/v+hKbN5OhHj0fnQbvhM8DQc464NqVLvA42Ih90O5KtQRMgVHS1 9jovH3NBjdaIZZl1OvSNM9PnzpYCtwHenrvMvcDy8fK1tU8FDzkyN4SECAxb4ihKk6gd NcAZ6z4BquBIf+TV0Nf3ky4udlUIf2hsqbiNxZIkmGGVQZtaDEHPKy2q5vRa7kUqe6pZ oFhw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9nZw/4ILBi2EOoXcaz+438yHSMyVxFqda82w+We0F+w=; b=Ot+ihqOQMUcQQLOSSF8A2je2Y0DVw7oN5I/Cej+uFab82+jc7tPefPdWJgXzriQYHS bHctgPuE8+n7DVgf6KxcuEl/Z/Pf9j9KELe4BdJqFMzJnh1BmifkWoyG7Wsuw8dtP4uW Z15wBCEp2x5o1A3A/Q33u8knvMNN2hatV0DgwNXNGstYIczAmpHCZv2QNgJejmnoA8cU wJNF80xD+b98X25eR3o8ZEuCUe43eGsWb4Uc5OIy81HsMNasMPf7rhvQ11aLAvF+jTZ3 DMRMgotDuPHNV2oVCfyKaxtmyIHS0wMVoV6gVYI/Qt+1fZCOgrEpafLhP3e5lh4+guRI ZmJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOyv+Gw8CI9RLSdBeNMS4e489kvRJzj/TeDDPZQjL9R9z/R9SFW6 ToSh3svwEzKxAA== X-Received: by 10.98.14.79 with SMTP id w76mr1106718pfi.63.1497462410504; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aiede.mtv.corp.google.com ([2620:0:100e:402:8130:47b0:791f:5985]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 69sm1085745pfy.119.2017.06.14.10.46.48 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:46:47 -0700 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Lars Schneider Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, philipoakley@iee.org, avarab@gmail.com, peff@peff.net Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Configure Git contribution guidelines for github.com Message-ID: <20170614174647.GV133952@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> References: <20170614073536.45498-1-larsxschneider@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170614073536.45498-1-larsxschneider@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Lars Schneider wrote: > Many open source projects use github.com for their contribution process. > Although we mirror the Git core repository to github.com [1] we do not > use any other github.com service. This is unknown/unexpected to a > number of (potential) contributors and consequently they create Pull > Requests against our mirror with their contributions. These Pull > Requests become stale. This is frustrating to them as they think we > ignore them and it is also unsatisfactory for us as we miss potential > code improvements and/or new contributors. > > GitHub contribution guidelines and a GitHub Pull Request template that > is visible to every Pull Request creator can be configured with special > files in a Git repository [2]. Let's make use of this! > > [1] https://github.com/git/git > [2] https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository/ > > Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider > --- > .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md > create mode 100644 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder Thanks.