X-Git-Url: https://git.liburcu.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=CONTRIBUTING.md;fp=CONTRIBUTING.md;h=696de362a30ee4a320831c3587f5aa2e052b16f8;hp=0bebf12ef420fce860aaf07f4d57d77a5e4b47e7;hb=8d82bb77bfe9cee42f8b409c5e65f9ae4c218894;hpb=d4333eb996dec315fb721074c2cf49adee04363b diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 0bebf12ef..696de362a 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -25,22 +25,29 @@ rest of the code written in that language is strongly encouraged. ## Creating and sending a patch -LTTng-tools's development flow is primarily email-based, although we -also accept pull requests on our -[GitHub mirror](https://github.com/lttng/lttng-tools) and -[Gerrit Code Review](https://review.lttng.org). If you're going -to create GitHub pull requests, make sure you still follow the +LTTng-tools's development flow is primarily based on +[Gerrit Code Review](https://review.lttng.org), although we also accept +e-mail based patch series on the +[`lttng-dev` mailing list](https://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev) +and pull requests on our [GitHub mirror](https://github.com/lttng/lttng-tools). +If you're going to create GitHub pull requests, make sure you still follow the guidelines below. -Like a lot of open source projects, patches are submitted and reviewed -on its development mailing list, -[`lttng-dev`](http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev) -(`lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org`). The mailing list is also used to share -and comment on RFCs and answer +The mailing list is also used to share and comment on +RFCs and answer user questions. -Once your changes have been committed to your local branch, you may use -Git's [`format-patch`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch) command +Once your changes have been comitted to your local branch, you may use the +[git-review](https://opendev.org/opendev/git-review) plugin to submit them +directly to [Gerrit](https://review.lttng.org) using the following command: + + git review + +Please note that you will need to create an account on [Gerrit](https://review.lttng.org) +and add an SSH public key. + +For e-mail based patches you may use Git's +[`format-patch`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch) command to generate a patch file. The following command line generates a patch from the latest commit: