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[PATCH 0/5] SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to use

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LGLinus Arver via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2023, 01:05 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.1556.git.1688778359.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

This series rewords the "base-branch" section to be more informative in general to new contributors. The main motivation was to remove the phrase "In general, always base your work on the oldest branch that your change is relevant to" because it was somewhat misleading from the rest of the text. Other smaller cleanups and improvements were made along the way.

Linus Arver (5):
  SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasing
  SubmittingPatches: be more explicit
  SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.git
  SubmittingPatches: remove confusing guidance about base branches
  SubmittingPatches: define topic branches
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
base-commit: 061c58647eb4b3f0e2c898333577d4b2af115b1d
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1556%2Flistx%2Fdoc-submitting-patches-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1556/listx/doc-submitting-patches-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1556
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  1. 0/5 SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to useLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  2. 2/5 SubmittingPatches: be more explicitLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2023
  4. Linus ArverJul 13, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2023
  6. 1/5 SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasingLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2023
  8. 3/5 SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.gitLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  9. 4/5 SubmittingPatches: remove confusing guidance about base branchesLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2023
  11. Linus ArverJul 13, 2023
  12. 5/5 SubmittingPatches: define topic branchesLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 8, 2023
  13. 0/5 SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to useLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  14. 2/5 SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.gitLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  15. 1/5 SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasingLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  16. 3/5 SubmittingPatches: de-emphasize branches as starting pointsLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  17. 4/5 SubmittingPatches: emphasize need to communicate non-default starting pointsLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  18. 5/5 SubmittingPatches: simplify guidance for choosing a starting pointLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 14, 2023
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2023
  20. Linus ArverJul 26, 2023
  21. Linus ArverJul 26, 2023
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2023
  23. 0/5 SubmittingPatches: clarify which branch to useLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  24. 1/5 SubmittingPatches: reword awkward phrasingLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  25. 4/5 SubmittingPatches: emphasize need to communicate non-default starting pointsLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  26. 2/5 SubmittingPatches: discuss subsystems separately from git.gitLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  27. 5/5 SubmittingPatches: simplify guidance for choosing a starting pointLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  28. 3/5 SubmittingPatches: de-emphasize branches as starting pointsLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Jul 26, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2023
  30. Linus ArverJul 26, 2023
  31. 6/5 SubmittingPatches: choice of base for fixing an older maintenance trackJunio C Hamano, Jul 26, 2023
  32. Eric SunshineJul 26, 2023
  33. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2023
  34. 7/5 SubmittingPatches: explain why 'next' and above are inappropriate baseJunio C Hamano, Jul 26, 2023
  35. Linus ArverJul 27, 2023
  36. 8/5 SubmittingPatches: use of older maintenance tracks is an exceptionJunio C Hamano, Jul 26, 2023
  37. Linus ArverJul 27, 2023
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2023

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