Update to show what the patch looks like in email form.
NOTE: This does not modify the wording of the "TianoCore Contribution
Agreement 1.0" section
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <[email protected]>
Cc: Jaben Carsey <[email protected]>
---
Jaben, all: How does this version look?
MdePkg/Contributions.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MdePkg/Contributions.txt b/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
index 5dd8a47..1985677 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
+++ b/MdePkg/Contributions.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ To make a contribution to a TianoCore project, follow these
steps.
Contributions using other licenses might be accepted, but further
review will be required.
-=======================================
-= Change Description / Commit Message =
-=======================================
+=====================================================
+= Change Description / Commit Message / Patch Email =
+=====================================================
Your change description should use the standard format for a
commit message, and must include your "Signed-off-by" signature
@@ -44,7 +44,32 @@ and the "Contributed-under" message.
== Sample Change Description / Commit Message =
-=== Definitions for sample change description ===
+=== Start of sample patch email message ===
+
+From: Contributor Name <[email protected]>
+Subject: [PATCH] CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary
+
+Full-commit-message
+
+Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
+Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <[email protected]>
+---
+
+An extra message for the patch email which will not be considered part
+of the commit message can be added here.
+
+Patch content inline or attached
+
+=== End of sample patch email message ===
+
+=== Notes for sample patch email ===
+
+* The first line of commit message is taken from the email's subject
+ line following [PATCH]. The remaining portion of the commit message
+ is the email's content until the '---' line.
+* git format-patch is one way to create this format
+
+=== Definitions for sample patch email ===
* "CodeModule" is a short idenfier for the affected code. For
example MdePkg, or MdeModulePkg UsbBusDxe.
@@ -58,15 +83,6 @@ and the "Contributed-under" message.
* "Signed-off-by" is the contributor's signature identifying them
by their real/legal name and their email address.
-=== Start of sample change description / commit message ===
-CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary
-
-Full-commit-message
-
-Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
-Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <[email protected]>
-=== End of sample change description / commit message ===
-
========================================
= TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 =
========================================
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