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[PATCH] maint: README-hacking clarifications
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Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
[PATCH] maint: README-hacking clarifications |
Date: |
Mon, 23 May 2011 19:27:20 +0200 |
FYI, Karl sent me this nice patch:
Thanks again, Karl.
>From ac9c5330dff20a505a0b38fa635b3b9646b0e70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Berry <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:45:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: README-hacking clarifications
* README-hacking: Small getting-started clarifications.
---
README-hacking | 7 +++++--
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 6755598..cadb33e 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ each program. One way to do this is to use vc-dwim
"git-changelog-symlink-init" function into your shell, and then run
this function at the top-level directory of the package.
- Edit the ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a
+ Edit the (empty) ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a
properly-formatted entry according to the GNU coding standards
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html>.
- Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output looks good.
+ Make your changes.
+
+ Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output (the diff of all
+ your changes) looks good.
Run "vc-dwim --commit".
--
1.7.5.2.1.g56b30
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