writeandsubmitpatch
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision | Next revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
writeandsubmitpatch [2011/03/07 22:26] – nopsled | writeandsubmitpatch [2011/04/10 21:03] – add some information how to set author information glaubitz | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
All these tasks can be performed with git, except, of course, you | All these tasks can be performed with git, except, of course, you | ||
still need an editor to make your changes to the source. | still need an editor to make your changes to the source. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Preparing git ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Make sure that your environment variables set your email address correctly (environment variable //EMAIL//). | ||
+ | If you do not want to use the same address for //git// as your regular address in the Unix system, | ||
+ | then just set the environment variables for //git//. For example, in your .bashrc, add: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=" | ||
+ | export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=" | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | This will make sure that all your patches are signed with your name as author and your email | ||
+ | address. It is important to use your real name here and provide a working email address. Otherwise | ||
+ | we cannot likely accept your patches. | ||
===== Checking out the git repository ===== | ===== Checking out the git repository ===== |
writeandsubmitpatch.txt · Last modified: 2017/10/01 09:01 by thp