[oe] Patch procedure for dummies

[J. L.]

A huge thanks for taking the time AJ keep you the great work, I am
sure your helping tons of people me included!




On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:43 AM, AJ ONeal <coolaj86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please give me feedback and I'll post this on the wiki.
>
> A task-oriented guide to creating a patch:
>
>
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>> Let's say you create a new recipe and you'd like to submit it for inclusion
>> (and you've already tested that it works, of course).
>>
>> 1. Now commit with a good strong helpful message
>>
>>     git add recipes/nodejs/
>>     git commit # don't use the -m option
>>
>> 2. The message should look like this
>>
>>     added recipe for node.js
>>
>>     * added recipe for node.js (bug #5555 - no nodejs recipe)
>>     ** patched libev's wscript to not try to execute code
>>     ** patched node's wscript to not search in '/usr/include'
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: AJ ONeal <coolaj86 at gmail.com>
>>
>> 3. Create your patch
>>
>>     git format-patch -1 # or however many commits are part of this change
>>
>> 3++. If you are submitting a second version also add "--subject-prefix
>> [v2]"
>>
>>     git send-email
>>
>> Your patch will be immediately visible on
>> http://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/
>>
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>> 4. Once your patch has been accepted or rejected, create an account and
>> update the status to "accepted" or "rejected"
>>
>> 4++. If you get soft-rejected (a lot of feedback), make the changes, submit
>> the next version, and update the status of the previous patch to
>> "superseded"
>>
>> Appendix: Properly configuring git (using tekkub at gmail.com as an example
>> user)
>>
>>     sudo apt-get install git-core git-email
>>     git config --global user.name "Tekkub"
>>     git config --global user.email "tekkub at gmail.com"
>>     git config --global sendemail.smtpserver smtp.gmail.com
>>     git config --global sendemail.smtpserverport 587
>>     git config --global sendemail.smtpencryption tls
>>     git config --global sendemail.smtpuser tekkupl at gmail.com
>>
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