From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:54:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs/manual: update contribute.txt to cover get-developers X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6017cb8fbd6ea24911fe156c37366ca67278f77f;p=buildroot.git docs/manual: update contribute.txt to cover get-developers This commit updates the contribute.txt part of the manual to tell people to use get-developers to get the appropriate "git send-email" command when sending patches. [Peter: use --cc instead of --to as suggested by Yann/Arnout] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt index 1b1f4de196..d4ec2e1184 100644 --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt @@ -283,10 +283,18 @@ automatically adding the +Signed-off-by+ line. Once patch files are generated, you can review/edit the commit message before submitting them, using your favorite text editor. -Lastly, send/submit your patch set to the Buildroot mailing list: +Buildroot provides a handy tool to know to whom your patches should be +sent, called +get-developers+. This tool reads your patches and +outputs the appropriate +git send-email+ command to use: --------------------- -$ git send-email --to buildroot@buildroot.org outgoing/* +$ ./support/scripts/get-developers outgoing/* +--------------------- + +Use the output of +get-developers+ to send your patches: + +--------------------- +$ git send-email --to buildroot@buildroot.org --cc bob --cc alice outgoing/* --------------------- Note that +git+ should be configured to use your mail account.