>From 556a16fc5dd9996460fea9d7ff7df281723b3ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:43:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add patch-sending instructions to git-workflow >From a suggestion by Mitchel Humpherys in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-09/msg00421.html * admin/notes/git-workflow (Sending patches): New section. --- admin/notes/git-workflow | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/notes/git-workflow b/admin/notes/git-workflow index d1d105a..40dfa6b 100644 --- a/admin/notes/git-workflow +++ b/admin/notes/git-workflow @@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ top of that. Then say git push +Sending patches +=============== + +If you lack push access or would like feedback before pushing a patch, +you can send a patch file as a bug report. After committing your +change locally, do: + +git format-patch -1 + +This creates a file 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch containing the patch, where +DESCRIPTION comes from the first line of your patch's commit message. +You can attach the patch file to email that you send to address@hidden You can also configure git to email patches +directly (see ) and do: + +git send-email address@hidden 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch + + Backporting to emacs-24 ======================= -- 2.1.0