Re: casual contributing with git

[Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>]

The CONTRIBUTE [0] file in the Emacs repository should contain the
information you need with regards to the logistics of using git like
branching and the like.

[0]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/CONTRIBUTE

In short, usually you would develop on a local branch created from
latest master.  When you’re done and/or when you’d like to show your
work to others and get feedback, you create a patch from your changes,
e.g. using git-format-patch, and use your mail client to send it to the
correct mailing list for the project.  In the case of Emacs, that would
be one of emacs-devel@gnu.org (this list) or bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org,
depending on the nature of your patch and e.g. if you’re fixing an
existing bug.  I skimmed through the first link in your email, and it
does mention format-patch at some point.

On a side note, instead of creating a patch with git-format-patch and
then sending it separately, you could also use git-send-email to create
a patch and send it at once.  There’s a nice interactive tutorial for
git-send-email over at https://git-send-email.io that walks you through
setting up and using git-send-email to create and send patches to a
project mailing list.

Hope this helps.