[PATCH v5 0/8] docs: recommend using contrib/contacts/git-contacts
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- Linus Arver via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
- Date
- Apr 16, 2024, 23:01 UTC
- Message-ID
- <pull.1704.v5.git.1713308518.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
- In-Reply-To
- <pull.1704.v4.git.1712878339.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Make git-contacts more prominent in our docs.
Notable changes in v5 =====================
* Drop mention of "/usr/share/..." as an "installed" path for "git-contacts"; instead point users to the script as a relative path inside the Git codebase * Minor wording tweaks to commit messages
Notable changes in v4 =====================
* Avoid using "should" for guidance around using "git-contacts" * Clarify where to find the "git-contacts" script (because it's not a default builtin command)
Notable changes in v3 =====================
* Refer to GitGitGadget via a link to MyFirstContribution (instead of sending readers to GGG's homepage directly) * Soften the advice for using git-contacts
Notable changes in v2 =====================
* Improve existing mention of git-contacts in SubmittingPatches (instead of adding a separate, entirely new paragraph) * Add example usage of integrating git-contacts with git-send-email with the latter's --cc-cmd flag. * Various smaller fixes to SubmittingPatches
Linus Arver (8): MyFirstContribution: mention contrib/contacts/git-contacts SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location SubmittingPatches: mention GitGitGadget SubmittingPatches: quote commands SubmittingPatches: discuss reviewers first SubmittingPatches: dedupe discussion of security patches SubmittingPatches: add heading for format-patch and send-email SubmittingPatches: demonstrate using git-contacts with git-send-email
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 10 ++++ Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 73 ++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
base-commit: c2cbfbd2e28cbe27c194d62183b42f27a6a5bb87 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1704%2Flistx%2Freviewers-v5 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1704/listx/reviewers-v5 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1704
Range-diff vs v4:
1: ad469e4e6db ! 1: d2c9551ee0e MyFirstContribution: mention contrib/contacts/git-contacts
@@ Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt: $ git send-email --to=target@example.com
NOTE: Check `git help send-email` for some other options which you may find
valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
-+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are not +
-+part of the core `git` binary and must be called separately. Consult your +
-+package manager to determine where it is located. For example, on Ubuntu-based +
-+systems it could be installed under +
-+`/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/contacts/git-contacts` and may need to be called +
-+with `perl ...` if it does not have the executable bit set.]
++:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
++not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
++codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
++in your system).]
+
+NOTE: If you're not sure whom to CC, running `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` can
+list potential reviewers. In addition, you can do `git send-email
-+--cc-cmd='/path/to/git-contacts' feature/*.patch`{contrib-scripts} to
++--cc-cmd='contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch`{contrib-scripts} to
+automatically pass this list of emails to `send-email`.
+
NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to git@vger.kernel.org - but
2: c43de19d867 ! 2: 92d72a8a25a SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
SubmittingPatches: clarify 'git-contacts' location
- Use a dash ("git-contacts", not "git contacts") because the script
- is not a core builtin command that is compiled into the `git` binary.
- This also puts the script on one line, which should make it easier to
- grep for with a loose search query, such as
+ Use a dash ("git-contacts", not "git contacts") because the script is
+ not installed as part of "git" toolset. This also puts the script on
+ one line, which should make it easier to grep for with a loose search
+ query, such as
$ git grep git.contacts Documentation
- . Also add a footnote to describe where the script could actually be
- located, to help readers who may not be familiar with such "contrib"
- scripts (and how they are not accessible with the usual "git
- <subcommand>" syntax).
+ Also add a footnote to describe where the script is located, to help
+ readers who may not be familiar with such "contrib" scripts (and how
+ they are not accessible with the usual "git <subcommand>" syntax).
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: security relevant should not be submitted to th
mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
-+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are not +
-+part of the core `git` binary and must be called separately. Consult your +
-+package manager to determine where it is located. For example, on Ubuntu-based +
-+systems it could be installed under +
-+`/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/contacts/git-contacts` and may need to be called +
-+with `perl ...` if it does not have the executable bit set.]
++:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
++not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
++codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
++in your system).]
+
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
3: cd941704176 = 3: 7c4cc5a91f0 SubmittingPatches: mention GitGitGadget
4: 44470a5d70e = 4: 621912a64fb SubmittingPatches: quote commands
5: 15f9356ff97 ! 5: 8f44343c482 SubmittingPatches: discuss reviewers first
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: letter.
+mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
+Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
+
-+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are not +
-+part of the core `git` binary and must be called separately. Consult your +
-+package manager to determine where it is located. For example, on Ubuntu-based +
-+systems it could be installed under +
-+`/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/contacts/git-contacts` and may need to be called +
-+with `perl ...` if it does not have the executable bit set.]
++:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
++not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
++codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
++in your system).]
+
+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`
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a t
-mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
-Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
-
--:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are not +
--part of the core `git` binary and must be called separately. Consult your +
--package manager to determine where it is located. For example, on Ubuntu-based +
--systems it could be installed under +
--`/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/contacts/git-contacts` and may need to be called +
--with `perl ...` if it does not have the executable bit set.]
+-:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+-not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
+-codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
+-in your system).]
-
-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`
6: e889e64bd45 ! 6: fd8ad38cab0 SubmittingPatches: dedupe discussion of security patches
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: letter.
+security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
+mailing list{security-ml}, instead of the public mailing list.
- :contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are not +
- part of the core `git` binary and must be called separately. Consult your +
+ :contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+ not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
`Tested-by:` lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
patch, and "cc:" them when sending such a final version for inclusion.
7: 81556298599 = 7: b23c73459cc SubmittingPatches: add heading for format-patch and send-email
8: 84b1cf3f914 ! 8: 911d4f2a0e5 SubmittingPatches: demonstrate using git-contacts with git-send-email
@@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches: trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`
work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
that these people may know the area you are touching well.
-+If you are using `send-email`, you can feed it the output of `git contacts` like
++If you are using `send-email`, you can feed it the output of `git-contacts` like
+this:
+
+....
-+ git send-email --cc-cmd='git contacts' feature/*.patch
++ git send-email --cc-cmd='contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch
+....
+
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