Jason Holden <jason.k.holden.sw...@gmail.com> writes: > git-gui, gitk, and git-po are maintained upstream of git. > Document this, and the procedure for submitting patches to these tools > > Signed-off-by: Jason Holden <jason.k.holden.sw...@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index 75935d5..30b95a8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): > please test it first by sending email to yourself. > - see below for instructions specific to your mailer > > + Improving upstream utilities (gitk, git-gui, git-po) > + - gitk, git-gui, and git-po are maintained upstream of Git > + despite being included in Git's git repository > + - Patches should be made against the upstream gui repository,
GUI? > + and not against the version in Git's git repository > + - The resulting patch should still be emailed for review > + to the git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org), cc'ing the > + applicable gui maintainer > + - Please see the MAINTAINER's file for the gui maintainer's contact GUI? Perhaps "parts with sub-maintainers' with their own repositories". In any case, I think it is probably much better not to add a new file at the top of the tree only to hold twenty-or-so lines. Instead, add the contents as a footnote to this file and refer to it from here. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
