[Buildroot] [PATCH 6 of 8] manual: contributing: minor rewording of 'submitting patches' section
Thomas De Schampheleire
patrickdepinguin at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 16:24:32 UTC 2014
This patch makes some minor changes to the section about submitting patches.
Content-wise there are little changes.
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire at gmail.com>
---
docs/manual/contribute.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
--- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
@@ -156,16 +156,18 @@ Submitting patches
_Please, do not attach patches to bugs, send them to the mailing list
instead_.
-When your changes are done, and committed in your local git view,
-_rebase_ your development branch on top of the upstream tree before
-generating the patch set. To do so, run:
+If you made some changes to Buildroot and you would like to contribute
+them to the Buildroot project, proceed as follows. Starting from the
+changes committed in your local git view, _rebase_ your development
+branch on top of the upstream tree before generating a patch set. To do
+so, run:
---------------------
$ git fetch --all --tags
$ git rebase origin/master
---------------------
-Here, you are ready to generate then submit your patch set.
+Now, you are ready to generate then submit your patch set.
To generate it, run:
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ This will generate patch files in the +o
automatically adding the +Signed-off-by+ line.
Once patch files are generated, you can review/edit the commit message
-before submitting them using your favorite text editor.
+before submitting them, using your favorite text editor.
Lastly, send/submit your patch set to the Buildroot mailing list:
@@ -188,9 +190,9 @@ Lastly, send/submit your patch set to th
Note that +git+ should be configured to use your mail account.
To configure +git+, see +man git-send-email+ or google it.
-Make sure posted *patches are not line-wrapped*, otherwise they cannot
-easily be applied. In such a case, fix your e-mail client, or better,
-use +git send-email+ to send your patches.
+If you do not use +git send-email+, make sure posted *patches are not
+line-wrapped*, otherwise they cannot easily be applied. In such a case,
+fix your e-mail client, or better yet, learn to use +git send-email+.
Cover letter
~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ Hereafter the recommended layout:
---------------
Patch title less than 80-character length
-Some more paragraph giving some more details.
+A paragraph giving more details.
And yet another paragraph giving more details.
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