From patchwork Sun Jun 27 23:33:10 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [wwwdocs] Generated files and patches From: Gerald Pfeifer X-Patchwork-Id: 57109 Message-Id: To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Manuel_L=F3pez-Ib=E1=F1ez?= Cc: Sebastian Huber , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:33:10 +0200 (CEST) On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: >> someone told me that generated files should be not included in patches.  It >> would be nice if this is mentioned at >> >> http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html >> >> Who writes the ChangeLog for the generated files? > I would say that the original submitter should just write: > > * configure.in: Regenerate. > > even if the patch does not contain that part. How about the following clarification to http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html ? Sebastian, would that have helped? Manuel, any other suggestions? Gerald Index: contribute.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/contribute.html,v retrieving revision 1.74 diff -u -3 -p -r1.74 contribute.html --- contribute.html 27 Jun 2010 23:26:43 -0000 1.74 +++ contribute.html 27 Jun 2010 23:31:59 -0000 @@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ gcc.gnu.org, please configure your svn t and generate patches using the "-up" or "-cp" options. See SVN setup instructions -for more details. +for more details.
+Do not include generated files as part of the patch, just mention +them in the ChangeLog (e.g., "* configure: Regenerate.").