From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:10:13 +0000 (+0100) Subject: hacking-howto: refer people to cr.i3wm.org X-Git-Tag: 4.5~23 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d36e2a70bfa009857037085e33d5fdbe10c9a423;p=i3%2Fi3 hacking-howto: refer people to cr.i3wm.org --- diff --git a/docs/hacking-howto b/docs/hacking-howto index 05fc9cbd..6bdd0dc5 100644 --- a/docs/hacking-howto +++ b/docs/hacking-howto @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Hacking i3: How To ================== -Michael Stapelberg -July 2011 +Michael Stapelberg +February 2013 This document is intended to be the first thing you read before looking and/or touching i3’s source code. It should contain all important information to help @@ -947,32 +947,20 @@ For a short introduction into using git, see http://www.spheredev.org/wiki/Git_for_the_lazy or, for more documentation, see http://git-scm.com/documentation -When you want to send a patch because you fixed a bug or implemented a cool -feature (please talk to us before working on features to see whether they are -maybe already implemented, not possible for some some reason, or don’t fit -into the concept), please use git to create a patchfile. +Please talk to us before working on new features to see whether they will be +accepted. There are a few things which we don’t want to see in i3, e.g. a +command which will focus windows in an alt+tab like way. -First of all, update your working copy to the latest version of the master -branch: +When working on bugfixes, please make sure you mention that you are working on +it in the corresponding bugreport at http://bugs.i3wm.org/. In case there is no +bugreport yet, please create one. --------- -git pull --------- +After you are done, please submit your work for review at http://cr.i3wm.org/ -Afterwards, make the necessary changes for your bugfix/feature. Then, review -the changes using +git diff+ (you might want to enable colors in the diff using -+git config diff.color auto+). When you are definitely done, use +git commit --a+ to commit all changes you’ve made. - -Then, use the following command to generate a patchfile which we can directly -apply to the branch, preserving your commit message and name: - ------------------------ -git format-patch origin ------------------------ - -Just send the generated file via email to the i3-discuss mailing list, see -http://i3wm.org/contact/ +Do not send emails to the mailing list or any author directly, and don’t submit +them in the bugtracker, since all reviews should be done in public at +http://cr.i3wm.org/. In order to make your review go as fast as possible, you +could have a look at previous reviews and see what the common mistakes are. == Thought experiments