From patchwork Mon Feb 5 05:47:25 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Fam Zheng X-Patchwork-Id: 10199859 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5FF560247 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 06:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B7728306 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 06:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 9699528606; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 06:07:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DBF128306 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 05:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:57835 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiZfr-0002z9-QI for patchwork-qemu-devel@patchwork.kernel.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:50:39 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52466) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiZd5-0000vD-OZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:47:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiZd4-0006qV-MM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:47:47 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51862) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiZd4-0006qE-G1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:47:46 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B34425D685; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 05:47:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lemon.usersys.redhat.com (ovpn-12-58.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.12.58]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E745D9CB; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 05:47:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Fam Zheng To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:47:25 +0800 Message-Id: <20180205054725.25634-3-famz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20180205054725.25634-1-famz@redhat.com> References: <20180205054725.25634-1-famz@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.39]); Mon, 05 Feb 2018 05:47:45 +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 v3 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, mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, stefanha@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau --- README | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 =============