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| author | Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org> | 2017-08-09 22:53:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org> | 2017-08-10 22:46:44 -0400 |
| commit | daff8f8f61ea72e04fc99045aea489e7391a0109 (patch) | |
| tree | bb7aa0696fa10c9441f7c6a703fd8ee15bc51d9a | |
| parent | 5b247b1d091f09ad698f8340b1f6e7d826355a54 (diff) | |
| download | sparse-daff8f8f61ea72e04fc99045aea489e7391a0109.tar.gz | |
Adding document for sparse patch submit process
Reference to the linux kernel patches submitting process
and difference to sparse.
Signed-off-by: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/submitting-patches.md | 21 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/submitting-patches.md b/Documentation/submitting-patches.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fb176ce5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/submitting-patches.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Submitting patches: the sparse version +====================================== + +Sparse uses a patch submit process similar to the Linux Kernel +[Submitting Patches](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html) + +This document mostly focuses on the parts that might be different from the Linux +Kernel submitting process. + +1. Git clone a sparse repository: + + git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git + +2. [Coding Style](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/coding-style.html) remains the same. + +3. Sign off the patch. + + The usage of the Signed-off-by tag is the same as [Linux Kernel Sign your work](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin). + + Notice that sparse uses the MIT License. + |