From patchwork Fri Feb 2 06:34:12 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Fam Zheng X-Patchwork-Id: 868633 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org (client-ip=2001:4830:134:3::11; helo=lists.gnu.org; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org; receiver=) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:4830:134:3::11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3zY13K0yNNz9s4s for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 02:23:41 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:36369 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehdBj-0000rs-4d for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:23:39 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45543) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehcfp-0006Xt-Ge for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:50:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehcfg-0006sh-AO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:50:41 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53292) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehcfg-0006rx-0G for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:50:32 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10DDB765BB; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 06:34:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lemon.usersys.redhat.com (ovpn-12-128.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.12.128]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C714662662; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 06:34:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Fam Zheng To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:34:12 +0800 Message-Id: <20180202063412.22466-3-famz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20180202063412.22466-1-famz@redhat.com> References: <20180202063412.22466-1-famz@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:34:25 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] README: Document 'git-publish' workflow X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: marcandre.lureau@gmail.com, stefanha@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng --- .gitpublish | 1 + README | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.gitpublish b/.gitpublish index 170bd2ed48..7542e878fc 100644 --- a/.gitpublish +++ b/.gitpublish @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cccmd = scripts/get_maintainer.pl --noroles --norolestats --nogit --nogit-fallba base = master prefix = PATCH to = qemu-devel@nongnu.org +cc = qemu-trivial@nongnu.org cccmd = scripts/get_maintainer.pl --noroles --norolestats --nogit --nogit-fallback 2>/dev/null [gitpublishprofile "block"] diff --git a/README b/README index b92a07a61a..d1a944ce20 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system. git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git -When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git +When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the @@ -68,6 +68,34 @@ the QEMU website https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches +A 'git-profile' utility was created to make above process less +cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions, +or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also +requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't +automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps +manually for once. + +For installation instructions, please go to + + https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish + +The workflow with 'git-publish' is: + + $ git checkout master -b my-feature + $ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each + $ git publish + +Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer +back to it in the future. + +Sending v2: + + $ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch + $ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example) + $ git publish + +Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip +will be tagged as my-feature-v2. Bug reporting =============