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[PATCH v2 2/2] note git-security@googlegroups.com in more places

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
May 30, 2018, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID
<20180530205255.13090-2-t.gummerer@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180530205255.13090-1-t.gummerer@gmail.com>

Add a mention of the security mailing list to the README, and to Documentation/SubmittingPatches.. 2caa7b8d27 ("git manpage: note git-security@googlegroups.com", 2018-03-08) already added it to the man page, but for developers either the README, or the documentation on how to contribute (SubmittingPatches) may be the first place to look.

Use the same wording as we already have on the git-scm.com website and in the man page for the README, while the wording is adjusted in SubmittingPatches to match the surrounding document better.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 13 +++++++++++++
 README.md                       |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 27553128f5..c8f9deb391 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ that is fine, but please mark it as such.
 [[send-patches]]
 === Sending your patches.
 
+:security-ml: footnoteref:[security-ml,The Git Security mailing list: git-security@googlegroups.com]
+
+Before sending any patches, please note that patches that may be
+security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
+mailing list{security-ml}, instead of the public mailing list.
+
 Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible.  These commands
 are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
 your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime
@@ -259,6 +265,13 @@ patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
 that starts with `-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----`.  That is
 not a text/plain, it's something else.
 
+:security-ml-ref: footnoteref:[security-ml]
+
+As mentioned at the beginning of the section, patches that may be
+security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
+mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
+Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
+
 Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
 people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
 contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f17af66a97..f920a42fad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
 available at <https://public-inbox.org/git/>,
 <http://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites.
 
+Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
+the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>.
+
 The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
 list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
 list.  The discussion following them give a good reference for
-- 
2.17.0.1181.g093e983b0
Previous: Thomas GummererNext: brian m. carlson
Message 9 of 11 in “README: note git-security@googlegroups.com”
  1. README: note git-security@googlegroups.comThomas Gummerer, May 27, 2018
  2. Jonathan NiederMay 27, 2018
  3. 2/1 SubmittingPatches: not git-security@googlegroups.comThomas Gummerer, May 27, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2018
  5. Thomas GummererMay 29, 2018
  6. Thomas GummererMay 29, 2018
  7. brian m. carlsonMay 29, 2018
  8. 1/2 SubmittingPatches: replace numbered attributes with namesThomas Gummerer, May 30, 2018
  9. 2/2 note git-security@googlegroups.com in more placesThomas Gummerer, May 30, 2018
  10. brian m. carlsonMay 30, 2018
  11. Thomas GummererMay 31, 2018

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