I just wanted to make the addition that for emailing patches around,
git has a lot of decent tools.
`git-format-patch origin` will generate patch files for all commits
that aren't in origin yet... it will also give you the commit
messages/diffstats/etc in the patches.[1]
`git-send-email ` will se
there is lots of GIT documentation on the web. Here is a short way to
do what you want.
Thanks Carsten. You are right, there is lots of stuff about git.
However, this makes it hard to find the relevant bits. Still I shouldn't
complain about something having too much documentation:)
I'll
Hi Ian,
there is lots of GIT documentation on the web. Here is a short way to
do what you want.
1. get the latest changes
git pull
2. create a branch for you to do your changes
git checkout -b my-doc-fixed
3. Edit the file you want to change
$ emacs
$ emacs
4. C
I would like to submit some patches for the documentation. Whilst I
understand how to make a patch file, what should I be patching against?
I am running a clone of the git repo, so presume I can somehow use git
to create patches. Can someone point me to the documentation on how to
get started?
