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The following page has been changed by Enis Soztutar: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-hadoop/HowToContribute The comment on the change is: added patch command usage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * comment code whose function or rationale is not obvious; * update documentation (e.g., ''package.html'' files, this wiki, etc.) + ==== Applying a patch ==== + + To apply a patch either you generated or found from JIRA, you can issue + {{{ + patch -p0 <cool_patch.patch + }}} + if you just want to check whether the patch applies you can run patch with --dry-run option + {{{ + patch -p0 --dry-run <cool_patch.patch + }}} + === Contributing your work === Finally, patches should be attached to a bug report in [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP Jira] with a comment that asks for a code review following our [:CodeReviewChecklist: code review checklist].