From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: 43946@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#43946] [PATCH] doc: Add item to "Submitting Patches" section.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:20:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201012082003.19936-1-zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> (raw)
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add item about 'git-format-patch
--base'.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index af3601442e..5ea3cb1899 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -932,6 +932,12 @@ Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a package definition,
please run through this check list:
@enumerate
+@cindex @code{git format-patch}
+@cindex @code{git-format-patch}
+@item
+We recommend to use the command @code{git format-patch --base} to
+include the commit where your patch applies.
+
@item
If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic
signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the
base-commit: e746d30ec15852ec50e4247ea0a07ab2a9a69aa8
--
2.28.0
next reply other threads:[~2020-10-12 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-12 8:20 zimoun [this message]
2020-10-24 9:01 ` bug#43946: [PATCH] doc: Add item to "Submitting Patches" section Oleg Pykhalov
2020-10-24 9:17 ` [bug#43946] " zimoun
2021-01-15 13:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-01-15 14:00 ` zimoun
2021-03-26 5:40 ` zimoun
2021-09-21 9:53 ` zimoun
2021-09-22 13:02 ` bug#43946: " Ludovic Courtès
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