From nobody Thu Dec 18 13:30:03 2025 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.118.235.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1520242979884536.8359350598553; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 01:42:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:48158 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1esme2-0007Qw-LM for importer@patchew.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:42:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49117) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1esmbj-0005je-GI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:40:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1esmbi-000687-Fv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:40:35 -0500 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:40686 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1esmbd-00066l-1B; Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:40:29 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9602B8D75F; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-116-254.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.254]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45686202699C; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:40:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Stefan Hajnoczi To: Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:40:06 +0000 Message-Id: <20180305094006.21446-7-stefanha@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20180305094006.21446-1-stefanha@redhat.com> References: <20180305094006.21446-1-stefanha@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.4 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:40:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:40:28 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.4' DOMAIN:'int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'stefanha@redhat.com' RCPT:'' X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 66.187.233.73 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 6/6] README: Document 'git-publish' workflow X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , Fam Zheng , Stefan Hajnoczi , qemu-block@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Fam Zheng Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng Message-id: 20180226030326.20219-3-famz@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi --- README | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 2c8e1c8cc4..7833b97365 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version = control system. =20 git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git =20 -When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git +When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the @@ -73,6 +73,35 @@ The QEMU website is also maintained under source control. git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu-web.git https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/ =20 +A 'git-profile' utility was created to make above process less +cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions, +or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also +requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't +automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps +manually for once. + +For installation instructions, please go to + + https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish + +The workflow with 'git-publish' is: + + $ git checkout master -b my-feature + $ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each + $ git publish + +Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to = refer +back to it in the future. + +Sending v2: + + $ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch + $ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example) + $ git publish + +Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip +will be tagged as my-feature-v2. + Bug reporting =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 --=20 2.14.3