git-gui and gitk are maintained upstream of git. Document this, and the procedure for submitting patches to these tools Signed-off-by: Jason Holden <jason.k.holden.swdev@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 75935d5..b82d426 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): please test it first by sending email to yourself. - see below for instructions specific to your mailer + Improving the GUI's + - gitk and git-gui are maintained upstream of Git despite being + included in Git's git repository + - Patches should be made against the upstream gui repository, + and not against the version in Git's git repository + - The resulting patch should still be emailed for review + to the git mailing list (git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), cc'ing the + applicable gui maintainer + - Please see the MAINTAINER's file for the gui maintainer's contact + information and canonical repository location + Long version: I started reading over the SubmittingPatches document for Linux -- 1.8.1.rc3.28.g0ab5d1f -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html