[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 11/11] manual: add contribute.txt

Yegor Yefremov yegorslists at googlemail.com
Sun May 13 12:16:45 UTC 2012


On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Samuel MARTIN <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
>
>  create mode 100644 docs/manual/contribute.txt
>
> diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..d80e79a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
> +Contibuting to Buildroot
> +========================
> +
> +If you want to contribute to Buildroot, you will need a git view of
> +the project. Refer to xref:getting-buildroot[] to get it.
> +
> +Currently, the mailing list is the central place for contribution.
> +If you have not already subscribe to it, then refer to

s/subscribe/subscribed

> +xref:mailing-list-subscribe[].
> +
> +Submiting patches
> +-----------------
> +
> +When your changes are done, and commited in your local git view,
> +_rebase_ your development branch on top of the upstream tree before
> +generating the patch set. To do so, run:
> +
> +---------------------
> + $ git fetch --all --tags
> + $ git rebase origin/master
> +---------------------
> +
> +Here, your are ready to generate then submit your patch set.

s/your are ready/you are ready

> +
> +To generate it, run:
> +
> +---------------------
> + $ git format-patch -M -n -s -o outgoing origin/master
> +---------------------
> +
> +This will generate patch files in the +outgoing+ subdirectory,
> +automatically adding the +signed-of-by+ line.
> +
> +If you want to present the whole patch set in a separate mail, add
> ++--cover-letter --summary+ to the previous command line (+man
> +git-format-patch+ for further information).
> +
> +Once patch files are generated, you can review/edit the commit message
> +before submitting them using your favourite text editor.
> +
> +Lastly, send/submit your patch set to the Buildroot mailing list:
> +
> +---------------------
> + $ git send-email --to buildroot at busybox.net outgoing/*
> +---------------------
> +
> +Note that +git+ should be configured to use your mail account.
> +To configure +git+, see +man git-send-email+ or google it.
> +
> +Reviewing/Testing patches
> +-------------------------
> +
> +In the review process, do not hesitate to respond to patch submissions
> +for remarks, suggestions or anything that will help everyone to
> +understand the patches and make them better.
> +
> +Some tags are used to help following the state of any patch posted on
> +the mailing-list:
> +
> +Acked-by:: Indicates that the patch can be committed.
> +
> +Tested-by:: Indicates that the patch has been tested. It is useful
> +  but not necessary to add a comment about what has been tested.
> diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt
> index b23e9c1..3e7a7ef 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/manual.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt
> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ include::developer-guide.txt[]
>
>  include::get-involved.txt[]
>
> +include::contribute.txt[]
> +
>  include::legal-notice.txt[]
>
>
> --
> 1.7.10.2
>
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