* [PATCH] .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: fix broken link to SubmittingPatches
@ 2026-01-31 16:14 Abdalrhman Mohamed
2026-01-31 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Abdalrhman Mohamed @ 2026-01-31 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Abdalrhman Mohamed
The link to SubmittingPatches documentation was pointing to a
non-existent 'Documentation' branch. Correct it to point to the
'master' branch so that new contributors on GitHub can find the
submission guidelines.
Signed-off-by: Abdalrhman Mohamed <Eng.Abdalrhman.Abdalmonem@gmail.com>
---
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c8755e38de..e5d696fd42 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list.
Please read ["A note from the maintainer"](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/plain/MaintNotes?h=todo)
to learn how the Git project is managed, and how you can work with it.
-In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](../Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
+In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
If you prefer video, then [this talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7i_qQW__q4&feature=youtu.be&t=6m4s)
might be useful to you as the presenter walks you through the contribution
--
2.25.1
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* Re: [PATCH] .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: fix broken link to SubmittingPatches
2026-01-31 16:14 [PATCH] .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: fix broken link to SubmittingPatches Abdalrhman Mohamed
@ 2026-01-31 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-31 20:55 ` Todd Zullinger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2026-01-31 19:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Abdalrhman Mohamed; +Cc: git
Abdalrhman Mohamed <eng.abdalrhman.abdalmonem@gmail.com> writes:
> -In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](../Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
> +In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
The line is overly long already in the original; can we make it a
bit more readable?
As to the contents, referring to our preformatted docs, like
https://git.github.io/htmldocs/SubmittingPatches
would probably be more appropriate, no?
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2026-01-31 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2026-01-31 20:55 ` Todd Zullinger
2026-02-01 0:26 ` [PATCH v2] .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: link to SubmittingPatches on git-scm.com Abdalrhman Mohamed
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Todd Zullinger @ 2026-01-31 20:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: Abdalrhman Mohamed, Emily Shaffer, git
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Abdalrhman Mohamed <eng.abdalrhman.abdalmonem@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> -In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](../Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
>> +In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
>
> The line is overly long already in the original; can we make it a
> bit more readable?
>
> As to the contents, referring to our preformatted docs, like
>
> https://git.github.io/htmldocs/SubmittingPatches
>
> would probably be more appropriate, no?
A few lines below, the document links to git-scm.com/docs:
Or, you can follow the ["My First Contribution"](https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution)
tutorial for another example of the contribution process.
I didn't look at any discussion around b75a219904 (docs:
mention MyFirstContribution in more places, 2020-06-08)
where that was added. It would make sense to be consistent
about where the links point, e.g.:
https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches
As CONTRIBUTING.md is in the .github directory, it's
probably fine to link there for both. On the other hand,
having more references to the upstream site might be good
for consistency across the various places the Git code is
hosted. Maybe that increases the standing of git-scm.com in
search rankings too, I don't know.
Whatever the reasoning, it should probably apply to both
links.
--
Todd
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2026-01-31 20:55 ` Todd Zullinger
@ 2026-02-01 0:26 ` Abdalrhman Mohamed
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Abdalrhman Mohamed @ 2026-02-01 0:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gitster; +Cc: tmz, git, Abdalrhman Mohamed
The relative link to SubmittingPatches is broken when viewed through
GitHub's specialized "Contributing" tab. Update the link to point to
the documentation on git-scm.com to be consistent with other links in
the same file. Also, wrap the line to improve readability.
Signed-off-by: Abdalrhman Mohamed <Eng.Abdalrhman.Abdalmonem@gmail.com>
---
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c8755e38de..93042128d6 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list.
Please read ["A note from the maintainer"](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/plain/MaintNotes?h=todo)
to learn how the Git project is managed, and how you can work with it.
-In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](../Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
+In addition, we highly recommend you to read
+[our submission guidelines](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches).
If you prefer video, then [this talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7i_qQW__q4&feature=youtu.be&t=6m4s)
might be useful to you as the presenter walks you through the contribution
--
2.50.1
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