1 1.1 mrg [Mostly copied from git's SubmittingPatches] 2 1.1 mrg 3 1.1 mrg Commits: 4 1.1 mrg 5 1.1 mrg - make commits of logical units 6 1.1 mrg - check for unnecessary whitespace with "git diff --check" 7 1.1 mrg before committing 8 1.1 mrg - do not check in commented out code or unneeded files 9 1.1 mrg - the first line of the commit message should be a short 10 1.1 mrg description and should skip the full stop 11 1.1 mrg - the body should provide a meaningful commit message, which 12 1.1 mrg includes motivation for the change, and contrasts 13 1.1 mrg its implementation with previous behaviour 14 1.1 mrg - the lines of this body should have at most 76 columns 15 1.1 mrg - if you want your work included in isl.git, add a 16 1.1 mrg "Signed-off-by: Your Name <you (a] example.com>" line to the 17 1.1 mrg commit message (or just use the option "-s" when 18 1.1 mrg committing) to confirm that you agree to the Developer's 19 1.1 mrg Certificate of Origin 20 1.1 mrg - make sure that you have tests for the bug you are fixing 21 1.1 mrg - make sure that the test suite passes after your commit 22 1.1 mrg 23 1.1 mrg Patch: 24 1.1 mrg 25 1.1 mrg - use "git format-patch -M" to create the patch 26 1.1 mrg - do not PGP sign your patch 27 1.1 mrg - send a single patch per mail, e.g., using git-send-email(1) 28 1.1 mrg - do not attach your patch, but read in the mail 29 1.1 mrg body, unless you cannot teach your mailer to 30 1.1 mrg leave the formatting of the patch alone. 31 1.1 mrg - be careful doing cut & paste into your mailer, not to 32 1.1 mrg corrupt whitespaces. 33 1.1 mrg - provide additional information (which is unsuitable for 34 1.1 mrg the commit message) between the "---" and the diffstat 35 1.1 mrg - if you change, add, or remove a command line option or 36 1.1 mrg make some other user interface change, the associated 37 1.1 mrg documentation should be updated as well. 38 1.1 mrg - if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that 39 1.1 mrg you send off a message in the correct encoding. 40 1.1 mrg - send the patch to the development mailing list 41 1.1 mrg (isl-development (a] googlegroups.com). If you use 42 1.1 mrg git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending email 43 1.1 mrg to yourself. 44 1.1 mrg 45 1.1 mrg Revisions: 46 1.1 mrg 47 1.1 mrg - add the revision number inside square brackets to 48 1.1 mrg the subject line (e.g., use --subject-prefix='PATCH v2' 49 1.1 mrg when creating the patch) 50 1.1 mrg - recall the major issues discovered during the previous 51 1.1 mrg review and explain how you addressed them or why you 52 1.1 mrg disagree. Do so either in a cover letter, between the 53 1.1 mrg "---" and the diffstat or in a separate message. 54
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