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 begining of the patch. If you used git, make sure the
17 git commit message contains a good description of the changes.
19 4) Send the patches to: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu>, CC'ing
20 the Git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org).
24 To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can
25 percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several
26 layers of maintainers, we've introduced a "sign-off" procedure on
27 patches that are being emailed around.
29 The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
30 patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
31 pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you
32 can certify the below:
34 Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
36 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
38 (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
39 have the right to submit it under the open source license
40 indicated in the file; or
42 (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
43 of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
44 license and I have the right under that license to submit that
45 work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
46 by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
47 permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
50 (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
51 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
54 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
55 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
56 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
57 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
58 this project or the open source license(s) involved.
60 then you just add a line saying
62 Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
64 using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
66 Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
67 now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
68 point out some special detail about the sign-off.