From: "Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>,
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] MyFirstContribution: also explain cover letter in GitGitGadget section
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:04:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afb80b8e9ee022cba9373f2191ee1619e5897b09.1651086288.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1226.git.1651086288.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
The "Sending Patches via GitGitGadget" section mentions that the PR
title and description will be used as the cover letter, but does not
explain what is a cover letter or what should be included in it.
Mention the purpose of the cover letter in that section, and give
examples for the title and description, leveraging the excerpt extracted
from the "Sending Patches with git send-email" section in the previous
commit.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index 681bbefe9cd..96da32f7cef 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -808,8 +808,20 @@ https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git and open a PR either with the "New pull
request" button or the convenient "Compare & pull request" button that may
appear with the name of your newly pushed branch.
-Review the PR's title and description, as it's used by GitGitGadget as the cover
-letter for your change. When you're happy, submit your pull request.
+Review the PR's title and description, as they're used by GitGitGadget as the
+cover letter for your change. The cover letter describes your proposed
+contribution as a whole and is ideal to mention any context that might be
+useful for reviewers. The title of your PR should be something which
+succinctly covers the purpose of your entire topic branch, for example:
+
+----
+Adding the 'psuh' command
+----
+
+Your PR's description will used as the body of the cover letter.
+include::MyFirstContribution-coverletter.txt[]
+
+When you're happy, submit your pull request.
[[run-ci-ggg]]
=== Running CI and Getting Ready to Send
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-27 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-27 19:04 [PATCH 0/3] Improve MyFirstContribution's GitGitGadget section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-04-27 19:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] MyFirstContribution: move cover letter description to a separate file Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-04-27 21:15 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-04-27 22:02 ` Philippe Blain
2022-04-27 21:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-28 18:16 ` Philippe Blain
2022-04-27 19:04 ` Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget [this message]
2022-04-27 20:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] MyFirstContribution: also explain cover letter in GitGitGadget section Victoria Dye
2022-04-28 18:21 ` Philippe Blain
2022-04-29 16:27 ` Victoria Dye
2022-05-10 23:45 ` Philippe Blain
2022-04-27 19:04 ` [PATCH 3/3] MyFirstContribution: drop PR description for GGG single-patch contributions Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-04-27 21:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-28 18:25 ` Philippe Blain
2022-04-28 19:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve MyFirstContribution's GitGitGadget section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] MyFirstContribution: add "Anatomy of a Patch Series" section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 6:20 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-05-11 21:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-11 21:48 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-11 22:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-12 23:00 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-12 12:11 ` Philip Oakley
2022-05-12 22:53 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] MyFirstContribution: add standalone section on cover letter Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 10:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-11 21:49 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] MyFirstContribution: reference "The cover letter" in "Preparing Email" Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] MyFirstContribution: reference "The cover letter" in GitGitGadget section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 1:47 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] MyFirstContribution: drop PR description for GGG single-patch contributions Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-11 10:11 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve MyFirstContribution's GitGitGadget section Junio C Hamano
2022-05-11 17:45 ` Victoria Dye
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] MyFirstContribution: add "Anatomy of a Patch Series" section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] MyFirstContribution: add standalone section on cover letter Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] MyFirstContribution: reference "The cover letter" in "Preparing Email" Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] MyFirstContribution: reference "The cover letter" in GitGitGadget section Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-12 23:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] MyFirstContribution: drop PR description for GGG single-patch contributions Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2022-05-19 21:49 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Improve MyFirstContribution's GitGitGadget section Junio C Hamano
2022-05-21 16:17 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-22 1:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-24 12:29 ` Philippe Blain
2022-05-24 19:06 ` Junio C Hamano
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