From 4311eb0059846d66e390c254849712a1b5a43ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 18:45:16 +0100 Subject: docs/manual/contribute.txt: add section for preparing patch series In subsequent patches, we will add more explanation about how to prepare patches, so it will be worthwhile to have a separate section for the series preparation. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Reviewed-by: Yegor Yefremov [Thomas: rewrap to our normal formatting practice.] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- docs/manual/contribute.txt | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt index b74897d28..90c73de5f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt @@ -182,10 +182,13 @@ _Please, do not attach patches to bugs, send them to the mailing list instead_. If you made some changes to Buildroot and you would like to contribute -them to the Buildroot project, proceed as follows. Starting from the -changes committed in your local git view, _rebase_ your development -branch on top of the upstream tree before generating a patch set. To do -so, run: +them to the Buildroot project, proceed as follows. + +==== Preparing a patch series + +Starting from the changes committed in your local git view, _rebase_ +your development branch on top of the upstream tree before generating +a patch set. To do so, run: --------------------- $ git fetch --all --tags -- cgit v1.2.3