From 7e50b3f5dff0975ebf73b48e23f2f27c1842da88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Arver Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:51:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Linus Arver Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index f06563e981..e41654c00a 100644 --- 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.