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1 Vanilla Linux CONTRIBUTING GUIDE
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2 ================================
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4 Read this guide if you want to contribute to Vanilla Linux. The purpose of this
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5 document is to describe the steps to submit a patch.
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7 You may submit a patch when:
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13 There a lot of steps before submitting a patch. First, be sure to respect the
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14 style defined in the STYLE.md file. We never accept patches that do not match
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15 the rules.
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17 Subscribe to the mailing list
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18 -----------------------------
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20 Discussion and patches are sent to the *vanilla-dev@malikania.fr* mailing list.
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21 You need to subscribe by dropping a mail to
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22 *vanilla-dev+subscribe@malikania.fr* first.
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24 Enable patchbomb extension
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25 --------------------------
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27 While this step is optional, it brings the `hg email` command which makes most
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28 of your submission for you.
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30 To enable it, add the following into your .hgrc (you may also use the hgrc file
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31 from the repository in .hg/hgrc).
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33 [extensions]
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34 patchbomb =
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36 Then, you need to specify a mail server, if you want to use smtp, you can use
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37 something like this:
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39 [email]
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40 from = Your Name <youraddress@yourdomain.tld>
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43 [smtp]
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44 host = yourdomain.tld
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46 tls = starttls
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47 username = your_account
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48 password = your_password
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50 Note: the password is optional, if not set it will be asked each time you run
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51 the `hg email command`.
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53 More options are available, see:
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55 - `hg help hgrc.email`,
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57 - `hg help patchbomb`
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60 ### Note to GMail users
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62 By default, your GMail account may use 2-steps authentication which causes
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63 troubles with the `hg email` command, you must create a specific application
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64 password.
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68 3. Use this password or store it directly in the `smtp.password` option.
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70 Use the following settings:
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77 password = the_generated_application_password
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79 Create your patch
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80 -----------------
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82 Usually, when you create a patch, you should have your own copy of Vanilla Linux
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85 The following steps assumes that you have already cloned the repository
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88 Note: the recommended way is to create one unique revision.
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90 ### Commit messages
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92 Commit messages are written using the following syntax:
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94 topic: short message less than 80 characters
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96 Optional additional description if needed.
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98 Replace `topic` with one of the following:
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100 - **vanilla**: for a non package changeset,
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101 - **category/package**: for a specific package.
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103 ### Quick way
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105 If you plan to create a very small patch that consists of several lines, you can
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106 use the following way by disabling the @ bookmark to avoid moving it.
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108 $ hg pull # fetch last changesets
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109 $ hg up @ # update to the last revision
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110 $ hg book -i @ # disable the @ bookmark (optional but recommended)
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111 (edit some files)
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112 $ hg commit # create a unique revision
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113 $ hg email -r . # send a mail about the current revision (interactive)
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115 ### Bookmark way
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117 We use Mercurial bookmarks as our workflow but we do share only @ bookmark
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118 except when a long feature is being developed in parallel. Otherwise bookmarks
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119 stay locally most of the time.
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121 When you start working on a new feature, you **must** always start from the @
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122 bookmark.
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124 You can use this workflow if you plan to create a patch that consists of
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125 multiple revisions.
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127 Example:
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129 $ hg pull
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130 $ hg up @
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131 $ hg book feature-xyz
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132 (work)
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133 $ hg commit
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134 (work)
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135 $ hg commit
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136 $ hg email -r first:last
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138 Here, you must specify **first** and **last** as the initial and last revisions
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139 respectively. You can check these revisions using `hg log` (also try `hg log -G`
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141
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142 Example, I've started to work on an a feature named **feature-xyz**, the log
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143 looks like this:
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145 changeset: 22:3fb15d8fc454
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146 bookmark: feature-xyz
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147 tag: tip
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148 user: François Jean <fj@gmail.com>
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149 date: Thu Dec 08 16:08:40 2016 +0100
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150 summary: vanilla: some other changes
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152 changeset: 21:f27e577c5504
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153 user: François Jean <fj@gmail.com>
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154 date: Thu Dec 08 16:03:06 2016 +0100
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155 summary: vanilla: some changes
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157 changeset: 20:777023816ff9
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158 bookmark: @
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159 user: David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr>
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160 date: Thu Dec 08 16:02:26 2016 +0100
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161 summary: vanilla: fix a bug
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163 The two revisions I want to export are 21 and 22, so I use `hg email -r 21:22`,
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164 once done, see the section below.
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165
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166 Additional topics
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167 -----------------
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168
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169 ### Your patch is accepted
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170
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171 The safest choice is to just pull from the central repository and update to the
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172 @ bookmark.
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173
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174 $ hg pull
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175 $ hg up @
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176
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177 You can also call `hg rebase` (from rebase extension) to move your revisions on
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178 top of upstream. If the patches were incorporated verbatim, they will be safely
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179 discarded automatically.
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180
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181 $ hg pull
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182 $ hg up @
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183 $ hg rebase -b feature-xyz -d @
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184 $ hg book -d feature-xyz
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185
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186 If you didn't created a bookmark replace **feature-xyz** with your revision
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187 number.
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188
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189 Finally, if you prefer to remove the revisions you have created, use `hg strip`
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190 like explained in the see section below.
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191
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192 ### Your patch is discarded
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193
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194 For some reasons, your patch can not be integrated within the official
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195 repository, you can remove the revisions you have commited or keep them.
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196
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197 If you want to remove the revisions, you can use the `hg strip` command (from
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198 the strip extension).
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199
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200 Warning: it will **remove** the revisions from history so use with care.
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201
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202 $ hg strip -r 21:22 # using the example above
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203 $ hg book -d feature-xyz # delete the bookmark
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205 Newer versions of Mercurial support `-B` argument:
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207 $ hg strip -B feature-xyz # shortcut
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209 You can just go back on the @ bookmark as it's the safest choice.
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210
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211 $ hg pull # fetch changesets
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212 $ hg up @ # update to @
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214 ### How to merge upstream code to continue my patch
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216 Sometimes when you started working on a topic, you may need to pull changes from
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217 the repository. The idea is to pull the changes and rebase your work on top of
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218 it.
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220 You must run these commands while your bookmark is active
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222 $ hg up feature-xyz
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223 $ hg pull -B @
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224 $ hg rebase -b feature-xyz -d @
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226 ### I forgot to create a bookmark and accidentally moved the @ bookmark
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228 If you forgot to create a custom bookmark or disable @ before committing, you
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229 may have moved the @ bookmark in your repository. The `hg pull` command can
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230 recover it.
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232 First, we create it now to point at your local revisions (optional).
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234 $ hg book feature-xyz
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236 Then, put it where it should be.
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238 $ hg pull -B @
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240 Now @ will be placed to the same revision as the central repository. If some
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241 changesets have been pulled, you may look at the previous topic to rebase your
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242 work on top of it.