Re: [PATCH] docs: point out git send-email location, be more stern about make check

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On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 13:24:24 -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
> An email came to libvir-list wondering why the git send-email command
> was missing in spite of having git installed; this is due to the
> send-email command being in a sub-package of the main git package.
> 
> While touching the hacking file, I thought it would be useful to 1)
> indicate the location of the source (docs/hacking.html.in) in the
> message at the top of HACKING, and also to make the note about running
> "make check" and "make syntax-check" a bit more stern.
> ---
...
> diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in
> index ca02669..1917b78 100644
> --- a/docs/hacking.html.in
> +++ b/docs/hacking.html.in
> @@ -31,11 +31,15 @@
>  <pre>
>    git pull --rebase
>    (fix any conflicts)
> -  git send-email --cover-letter --no-chain-reply-to --annotate --to=libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx master
> -</pre>
> -        <p>For a single patch you can omit <code>--cover-letter</code>, but
> -        series of a two or more patches needs a cover letter. If you get tired
> -        of typing <code>--to=libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx</code> designation you can
> +  git send-email --cover-letter --no-chain-reply-to --annotate \
> +                 --to=libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx master
> +</pre>
> +        <p>(Note that the "git send-email" subcommand is usually not
> +        in the main git package, but part of a sub-package called
> +        "git-email".) For a single patch you can omit

IMHO this sounds too Fedora-centric. How about the following (with possible
stylistic and grammatical changes to make it sound better to native speakers)
:-)

    (Note that the "git send-email" subcommand may not be in the main git
    package and using it may require installing of a separate package. This
    package is called "git-email" in Fedora.) ...

> +        <code>--cover-letter</code>, but series of a two or more
> +        patches needs a cover letter. If you get tired of typing
> +        <code>--to=libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx</code> designation you can
>          set it in git config:</p>
>  <pre>
>    git config sendemail.to libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx

ACK with the nit addressed.

Jirka

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