From: Eric Sunshine Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 06:47:00 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] new-command.txt: mention the common command groups Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1431191856-10949-6-git-send-email-sebastien.guimmara@gmail.com> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Sébastien Guimmara wrote: > In the 6. step, add information about the common group commands > found in command-list.txt. I don't feel too strongly about it, but as this is such a minor change, and as it is directly related to the addition of the [common] second in command-list.txt, it also would make sense just to fold this change into the patch which introduces [common] (that is, v5 patch 3/6). > Signed-off-by: Sébastien Guimmara > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt > index d7de5a3..e7b0cc2 100644 > --- a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt > +++ b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt > @@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ your language, document it in the INSTALL file. > that categorizes commands by type, so they can be listed in appropriate > subsections in the documentation's summary command list. Add an entry > for yours. To understand the categories, look at git-commands.txt > -in the main directory. > +in the main directory. If the new command is part of the typical Git > +workflow and you believe it's common enough to be mentioned in > +'git help', map this command to a common group in the column [common] > > 7. Give the maintainer one paragraph to include in the RelNotes file > to describe the new feature; a good place to do so is in the cover > -- > 2.4.0