6 Do not send patches as email attachments.
8 Choose one of the below methods to submit patches to Waffle. Choose whichever
9 method you feel most comfortable with.
11 - Sending invidual patches to the mailing list.
13 Suppose you want to submit the patches for your branch 'fix-sprocket' to the
14 upstream branch 'master'.
16 > # Create temporary directory for your patches.
17 > mkdir $tmp_patch_dir
19 > # Fill that temporary directory with patch emails.
22 --subject-prefix="PATCH (master)" \
26 --to="waffle@lists.freedesktop.org" \
27 origin/master..fix-sprocket
29 > # Edit the cover letter email and send to the mailing list.
30 > $EDITOR $tmp_patch_dir/0000-cover-letter.patch
31 > git send-email --cc-cover $tmp_patch_dir/*.patch
33 - Sending a pull request to the mailing list.
35 Create your pull request with 'git request-pull' and send to
36 <waffle@lists.freedesktop.org>. Please format the email's subject line as:
38 Subject: [PULL ($upstream_branch)] $description_of_pull_request
40 where '$upstream_branch' is the destination upstream branch, such as 'master'
43 - Sending a pull request through GitHub.
45 TODO: If you know how to send GitHub pull requests , then please send a pull
46 request that updates this file with instructions ;) .
49 How to write commit messages
50 ----------------------------
51 The commit message is no less important than the code. So write it well.
53 The commit message should first convey the patch's *intent* or *motivation*,
54 and secondly describe its *content*. Usually the message should describe *why*
55 the patch is needed, *how* it accomplishes its goal.
57 Example of a good commit message:
59 commit 7b2be42a92899ff6f857758e57656285168ba791
60 Author: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
61 Date: Sat May 31 03:22:06 2014 +0100
63 cgl: avoid leaking the PixelFormat
65 According to apple developer page, starting with OS X v10.
66 pixelformat is reference counted. The object is created at
67 CGLChoosePixelFormat and should be unrefeferenced via
68 CGLReleasePixelFormat/CGLDestroyPixelFormat.
70 The latter two are identical accoring to the documentation
72 Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
73 Reviewed-by: Chad Versace <chad.versace@linux.intel.com>
75 The commit's subject line should begin with the name of the component it
78 (commit 7b2be42) cgl: avoid leaking the PixelFormat
79 (commit a643da0) wflinfo: silence signed/unsiged comparison warning
80 (commit d78bd29) glx: glx_context_create_native returns GLXContext not bool
82 Try to keep the textwidth of your patch's commit message within 80 columns.
83 Exceptions are unavoidable, however, so use common sense.
88 Waffle follows the sign-off process of the Linux kernel. This gives a clear
89 chain of trust for every patch received.
91 Each patch submitted to Waffle requires a 'Signed-off-by' tag in the commit
92 message. For example, below is a commit submitted by Emil:
94 commit 3413e4f32ac63679d685b686eee48442459ec835
95 Author: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
96 Date: Fri Jul 4 04:15:02 2014 +0100
98 third_party/getopt: include BSD licensed getopt implementation
100 This module has been ripped out of the apitrace project
101 https://github.com/apitrace/apitrace
103 Used by utils/wflinfo and examples/gl_basic.
105 Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
107 By placing your sign-off on a patch, you agree to the below certificate of
108 origin [DCO-1.1], as found in the Linux kernel v3.15.
110 Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
112 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
114 (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
115 have the right to submit it under the open source license
116 indicated in the file; or
118 (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
119 of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
120 license and I have the right under that license to submit that
121 work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
122 by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
123 permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
126 (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
127 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
130 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
131 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
132 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
133 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
134 this project or the open source license(s) involved.
139 When making substantial changes to existing files, you may add yourself or your
140 organization to that file's copyright header.
142 If adding new files, do not use a copyleft license (such as the GPL). All
143 Waffle source code must be licensed under a liberal opensource license (such as
144 BSD). To reduce license proliferation, Waffle prefers (but does not require)
145 that new code be licensed under one of the following licenses: BSD, MIT.
150 [DCO-1.1] "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1".
151 (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches?id=v3.15#n332)