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authorLinus Arver <linusa@google.com>2024-04-18 21:51:58 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2024-04-18 14:55:09 -0700
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parent3c2a3fdc388747b9eaf4a4a4f2035c1c9ddb26d0 (diff)
downloadgit-7e50b3f5dff0975ebf73b48e23f2f27c1842da88.tar.gz
MyFirstContribution: mention contrib/contacts/git-contacts
Although we've had this script since 4d06402b1b (contrib: add git-contacts helper, 2013-07-21), we don't mention it in our introductory docs. Do so now. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
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--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -1116,6 +1116,15 @@ $ git send-email --to=target@example.com psuh/*.patch
NOTE: Check `git help send-email` for some other options which you may find
valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
+codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
+
+NOTE: If you're not sure whom to CC, running `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` can
+list potential reviewers. In addition, you can do `git send-email
+--cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch`{contrib-scripts} to
+automatically pass this list of emails to `send-email`.
+
NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to git@vger.kernel.org - but
please don't send your patchset from the tutorial to the real mailing list! For
now, you can send it to yourself, to make sure you understand how it will look.