From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] myfirstcontrib: hint to find gitgitgadget allower
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:15:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191026011459.GC39574@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191026005159.98405-4-emilyshaffer@google.com>
Emily Shaffer wrote:
> GitGitGadget, a handy tool for converting pull requests against Git into
> Git-mailing-list-friendly-patch-emails, requires as anti-spam that all
> new users be "/allow"ed by an existing user once before it will do
> anything for that new user. While this tutorial explained that
> mechanism, it did not give much hint on how to go about finding someone
> to allow your new pull request. So, teach our new GitGitGadget user
> where to look for someone who can add their name to the list.
>
> The advice in this patch is based on the advice proposed for
> GitGitGadget: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget/pull/138
>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
> ---
> Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Though I'd appreciate an ack from a gitgitgadget specialist too, so
cc-ing Dscho.
> diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
> index b8ffeda07e..2de06de026 100644
> --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
> @@ -789,6 +789,14 @@ will automatically run your PRs through the CI even without the permission given
> but you will not be able to `/submit` your changes until someone allows you to
> use the tool.
>
> +NOTE: You can typically find someone who can `/allow` you on GitGitGadget by
> +either examining recent pull requests where someone has been granted `/allow`
> +(https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+%22%2Fallow%22[Search:
> +is:pr is:open "/allow"]), in which case both the author and the person who
> +granted the `/allow` can now `/allow` you, or by inquiring on the
> +https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] IRC channel on Freenode
> +linking your pull request and asking for someone to `/allow` you.
> +
> If the CI fails, you can update your changes with `git rebase -i` and push your
> branch again:
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-26 1:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-26 0:51 [PATCH 0/3] some clarifications to MyFirstContribution Emily Shaffer
2019-10-26 0:51 ` [PATCH 1/3] myfirstcontrib: add 'psuh' to command-list.txt Emily Shaffer
2019-10-26 1:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2019-10-26 8:00 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-28 1:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-28 11:25 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-29 20:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-26 0:51 ` [PATCH 2/3] myfirstcontrib: add dependency installation step Emily Shaffer
2019-10-26 1:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2019-10-28 1:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-31 20:58 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-26 0:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] myfirstcontrib: hint to find gitgitgadget allower Emily Shaffer
2019-10-26 1:15 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2019-10-29 20:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-27 1:39 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-10-26 1:17 ` [PATCH 0/3] some clarifications to MyFirstContribution Jonathan Nieder
2019-10-31 21:03 ` [PATCH v2 " Emily Shaffer
2019-10-31 21:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] myfirstcontrib: add 'psuh' to command-list.txt Emily Shaffer
2019-10-31 21:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] myfirstcontrib: add dependency installation step Emily Shaffer
2019-10-31 21:03 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] myfirstcontrib: hint to find gitgitgadget allower Emily Shaffer
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