Message ID | bbac973c0d0388fabe126bd44b60b0683ffe9f03.1632180690.git.iskarian@mgsn.dev |
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State | Accepted |
Headers | show |
Series | [bug#50363,v4] Improve default diff hunk header detection. | expand |
Context | Check | Description |
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cbaines/applying patch | fail | View Laminar job |
cbaines/issue | success | View issue |
Hi, Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev> skribis: > Tell git where to look for diff hunk headers: top-level definitions for > Scheme files, and (sub)section headers for texi files. > > * .gitattributes, etc/git/gitconfig: New files. > * doc/contributing.texi ("Submitting Patches"): Add subsection > "Configuring Git". Document etc/git/gitconfig. I have one last question: > +format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list > +(@pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git > +User Manual}). Contributors are encouraged to take a moment to set some AFAICS, there’s no Info-format Git manual, is there? In that case, the pxref above is incorrect, but we can use @uref instead and/or suggest ‘man git’ or similar. The rest LGTM, thank you, and thanks Kyle! Ludo’.
Hi Ludo, > I have one last question: > >> +format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list >> +(@pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git >> +User Manual}). Contributors are encouraged to take a moment to set some > > AFAICS, there’s no Info-format Git manual, is there? In that case, the > pxref above is incorrect, but we can use @uref instead and/or suggest > ‘man git’ or similar. We don't currently build it, but there is. In the git repo, in Documentation/Makefile: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- info: git.info gitman.info [...] git.info: user-manual.texi $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- It's available online at https://git-scm.com/docs/user-manual and https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html My other patch, #50683, adds this reference to htmlxref.cnf. > > The rest LGTM, thank you, and thanks Kyle! > > Ludo’. -- Sarah
Hi Sarah, Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev> skribis: >> I have one last question: >> >>> +format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list >>> +(@pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git >>> +User Manual}). Contributors are encouraged to take a moment to set some >> >> AFAICS, there’s no Info-format Git manual, is there? In that case, the >> pxref above is incorrect, but we can use @uref instead and/or suggest >> ‘man git’ or similar. > > We don't currently build it, but there is. In the git repo, in > Documentation/Makefile: > > info: git.info gitman.info > [...] > git.info: user-manual.texi > $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi > > It's available online at > > https://git-scm.com/docs/user-manual > > and > > https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html > > My other patch, #50683, adds this reference to htmlxref.cnf. Oh, nice; thanks for explaining. Finally applied! Ludo’.
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skriver:
> Finally applied!
It looks like this commit contained the documentation changes only.
Fixed in f8b10932c86cf4c1657a67e8c484d76f757b64bd. :-)
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b31f7fd74d --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +*.scm diff=scheme +*.scm.in diff=scheme +*.texi diff=texinfo diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index d1b77d7d05..a6bfcb82e0 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -992,9 +992,12 @@ Submitting Patches Development is done using the Git distributed version control system. Thus, access to the repository is not strictly necessary. We welcome contributions in the form of patches as produced by @code{git -format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list. -Seasoned Guix developers may also want to look at the section on commit -access (@pxref{Commit Access}). +format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list +(@pxref{submitting patches,, Submitting patches to a project, git, Git +User Manual}). Contributors are encouraged to take a moment to set some +Git repository options (@pxref{Configuring Git}) first, which can +improve the readability of patches. Seasoned Guix developers may also +want to look at the section on commit access (@pxref{Commit Access}). This mailing list is backed by a Debbugs instance, which allows us to keep track of submissions (@pxref{Tracking Bugs and Patches}). Each @@ -1205,11 +1208,46 @@ Submitting Patches When a bug is resolved, please close the thread by sending an email to @email{@var{NNN}-done@@debbugs.gnu.org}. +@node Configuring Git +@subsection Configuring Git +@cindex git configuration +@cindex @code{git format-patch} +@cindex @code{git send-email} + +If you have not done so already, you may wish to set a name and email +that will be associated with your commits (@pxref{telling git your name, +, Telling Git your name, git, Git User Manual}). If you wish to use a +different name or email just for commits in this respository, you can +use @command{git config --local}, or edit @file{.git/config} in the +repository instead of @file{~/.gitconfig}. + +We provide some default settings in @file{etc/git/gitconfig} which +modify how patches are generated, making them easier to read and apply. +These settings can be applied by manually copying them to +@file{.git/config} in your checkout, or by telling Git to include the +whole file: + +@example +git config --local include.path ../etc/git/gitconfig +@end example + +From then on, any changes to @file{etc/git/gitconfig} would +automatically take effect. + +Since the first patch in a series must be sent separately +(@pxref{Sending a Patch Series}), it can also be helpful to tell +@command{git format-patch} to handle the e-mail threading instead of +@command{git send-email}: + +@example +git config --local format.thread shallow +git config --local sendemail.thread no +@end example + @unnumberedsubsec Sending a Patch Series @anchor{Sending a Patch Series} @cindex patch series @cindex @code{git send-email} -@cindex @code{git-send-email} When sending a patch series (e.g., using @code{git send-email}), please first send one message to @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org}, and then send diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6436e83a7c..4dac36310f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Hui Lu@* Copyright @copyright{} 2021 pukkamustard@* Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Alice Brenon@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Sarah Morgensen@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or diff --git a/etc/git/gitconfig b/etc/git/gitconfig new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c9ebdc8fa8 --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/git/gitconfig @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +[diff "scheme"] + xfuncname = "^(\\(define.*)$" + +[diff "texinfo"] + xfuncname = "^@node[[:space:]]+([^,]+).*$"