[syslinux] providing patches

[Geert Stappers]

Op 17-05-2007 om 13:31 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
> Geert Stappers wrote:
> > 
> > 3: Syslinux uses "git"
> > 
> 
> This is actually a biggie.  The less work I have to apply a patch the
> more likely it is I'm not going to put it off and possibly forget about it.
> 
> git contains special tools to take a patch in email and apply it
> directly to the repository with comments and all, but it requires a
> fairly carefully formatted email.  The format of that email is part of
> the Linux kernel documentation:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;h=a417b25fb1aa40f62234c222db0a4be1cfaa938d;hb=HEAD
> 
> If you send me an email in this format, I can apply it using the git
> tools in literally a few seconds.
> 
> 	-hpa


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