From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Amin Bandali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: casual contributing with git Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 22:08:43 -0400 Message-ID: <87v9y72o2c.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="172830"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 19 04:10:26 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hSBHN-000ipj-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 04:10:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41517 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSBHM-0000c8-Le for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 May 2019 22:10:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:52265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSBGA-0008N5-15 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 May 2019 22:09:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:56383) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSBG8-0000ur-6Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 May 2019 22:09:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [2607:fea8:3b80:184:93e0:bea6:7df:53c] (port=49618 helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hSBG7-0000a0-9r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 May 2019 22:09:07 -0400 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:236739 Archived-At: 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=E2=80=99re done and/or when you=E2=80=99d 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=E2=80=99re 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=E2=80=99s a nice interactive tutorial f= or 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.