1 There's not much to helping develop Guilt. Most of the following has been
2 adapted, or blatantly stolen from the Linux kernel's
3 Documentation/SubmittingPatches file. :)
5 1) Hack on the code a bit
9 Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches. Or simply use git to
10 create patches against the latest version. And of course, you can use guilt
13 3) Describe the changes:
15 If you generated a patch using diff, make sure you include a description of
16 your changes at the beginning of the patch. If you used git, make sure the
17 git commit message contains a good description of the changes.
19 Prefix the email's subject with "[GUILT]" so it will not be confused with
20 other git changes. For example:
21 Subject: [GUILT] fix important bug
23 4) Send the patches to: Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>, CC'ing
24 the Git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org).
28 To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can
29 percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several
30 layers of maintainers, we've introduced a "sign-off" procedure on
31 patches that are being emailed around.
33 The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
34 patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
35 pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you
36 can certify the below:
38 Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
40 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
42 (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
43 have the right to submit it under the open source license
44 indicated in the file; or
46 (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
47 of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
48 license and I have the right under that license to submit that
49 work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
50 by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
51 permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
54 (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
55 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
58 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
59 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
60 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
61 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
62 this project or the open source license(s) involved.
64 then you just add a line saying
66 Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
68 using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
70 Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
71 now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
72 point out some special detail about the sign-off.