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* [Cluster-devel] [PATCH] gfs2-utils: Add a doc on contributing
@ 2012-12-18 14:04 Andrew Price
  2012-12-18 14:05 ` Steven Whitehouse
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Price @ 2012-12-18 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cluster-devel.redhat.com

Add README.contributing to cover some common questions from
contributors.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Price <anprice@redhat.com>
---
 doc/Makefile.am         |  1 +
 doc/README.contributing | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/README.contributing

diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 05ec222..6a70f82 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dist_doc_DATA		= gfs2.txt \
 			  COPYING.applications \
 			  COPYING.libraries \
 			  COPYRIGHT \
+			  README.contributing \
 			  README.licence
diff --git a/doc/README.contributing b/doc/README.contributing
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d669271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.contributing
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+Contributing to gfs2-utils
+--------------------------
+
+Here are some brief guidelines to follow when contributing to gfs2-utils.
+
+Translations
+------------
+
+We use the Transifex translation service:
+
+    https://transifex.com/projects/p/gfs2-utils/
+
+See the documentation there for submitting translations.
+
+Patches
+-------
+
+We don't dictate any particular coding style but please try to use a style
+consistent with the existing code. If in doubt, the Linux kernel coding style
+document is a good guideline:
+
+    http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle
+
+We use git for managing our source code and we assume here that you're familiar
+with git. Patches should apply cleanly to the latest master branch of
+gfs2-utils.git
+
+    http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/gfs2-utils.git
+
+For ease of review and maintenance each of your patches should address a single
+issue and if there are multiple issues please consider spreading your work over
+several patches. Ideally none of the individual patches should break the build.
+
+We value good commit logs, which should be of the form:
+
+    component: short patch summary
+
+    Longer description wrapped at approx. 72 columns explaining the problem the
+    patch addresses and how the patch addresses it.
+
+    Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@example.com>
+
+The "component" should be the name of the tool or the part of the code which
+the patch touches. As we share a mailing list with several projects it should
+make clear that it's a gfs2-utils patch. Some examples:
+
+Bad short logs:
+
+    Fix a bug
+    Add a test
+
+Good short logs:
+
+    fsck.gfs2: Fix a null pointer dereference in foo
+    gfs2-utils: Add a test for lgfs2_do_stuff
+
+Be sure to reference any relevant bug reports in your long description, e.g.
+
+    Ref: rhbz#012345
+    Fixes: rhbz#98765
+
+Please send patches to <cluster-devel@redhat.com>. We recommend using
+`git format-patch' to generate patch emails from your commits and `git
+send-email' for sending them to the list. See the git documentation for
+details.
-- 
1.7.11.7



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