[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 3/4] docs/manual: update contribute.txt to cover get-developers

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Mon Sep 12 21:09:35 UTC 2016


Thomas, All,

On 2016-09-12 22:54 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> This commit updates the contribute.txt part of the manual to tell
> people to use get-developers to get the appropriate "git send-email"
> command when sending patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  docs/manual/contribute.txt | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> index 1b1f4de..2973ef7 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> @@ -283,10 +283,18 @@ 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.
>  
> -Lastly, send/submit your patch set to the Buildroot mailing list:
> +Buildroot provides a handy tool to know to whom your patches should be
> +sent, called +get-developers+. This tool reads your patches and
> +outputs the appropriate +git send-email+ command to use:
>  
>  ---------------------
> -$ git send-email --to buildroot at buildroot.org outgoing/*
> +$ ./support/scripts/get-developers outgoing/*
> +---------------------
> +
> +Use the output of +get-developers+ to send your patches:
> +
> +---------------------
> +$ git send-email --to buildroot at buildroot.org --to bob --to alice outgoing/*

Minor tweak: I'd prefer we use carbon-copy:   --cc alice --cc bob

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

>  ---------------------
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>  Note that +git+ should be configured to use your mail account.
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