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| author | zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> | 2020-10-12 10:20:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-09-22 16:14:39 +0200 |
| commit | d18b787d8a5cada8d239f1335257d0c1bca7f825 (patch) | |
| tree | 0709aadf4a521cee46dcef6a0ff5998c8b74e59d /doc | |
| parent | 5871639bb1544171310fa5c4da7196eeea2c8089 (diff) | |
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doc: Add item to "Submitting Patches" section.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add item about 'git-format-patch
--base'.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index d1b77d7d05..fbb3c47c78 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1011,6 +1011,12 @@ Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a package definition, please run through this check list: @enumerate +@cindex @code{git format-patch} +@cindex @code{git-format-patch} +@item +We recommend to use the command @code{git format-patch --base} to +include the commit where your patch applies. + @item If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the |