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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle rename of case only, for Windows
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:39:31 -0600
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Hi Tim,

Tim Abell wrote:

> Thanks for your feedback, you are undoubtedly right about checking
> the return value
[...]
> What do I need to do from here to make my patch acceptable/useful to
> git's maintainers?

Generic answer: see Documentation/SubmittingPatches, section labelled
"An ideal patch flow".  Basically you (or anyone else interested it
getting it accepted) are the maintainer of the patch, so you can make
improvements until you and others are happy with it.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan