Göktuğ Kayaalp wrote:
> I'm rather
> uninitiated about the conventions regarding that file, so please warn me
> if anything's wrong

It's helpful to use 'git format-patch' to prepare patches, and to prepare 
ChangeLog entries in the style suggested in the CONTRIBUTE file. Also, I think 
some of the checking can be done at variable-setting time rather than at 
run-time. How about the attached patches instead? The first one is yours with a 
ChangeLog entry; the second one contains some proposed minor fixups.

You can apply these patches to a fresh checkout from 'master' by using the 
command 'git am'.