In the 6. step, add information about the common group commands found in command-list.txt. Signed-off-by: Sébastien Guimmara <sebastien.guimmara@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/howto/new-command.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt index d7de5a3..e7b0cc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt @@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ your language, document it in the INSTALL file. that categorizes commands by type, so they can be listed in appropriate subsections in the documentation's summary command list. Add an entry for yours. To understand the categories, look at git-commands.txt -in the main directory. +in the main directory. If the new command is part of the typical Git +workflow and you believe it's common enough to be mentioned in +'git help', map this command to a common group in the column [common] 7. Give the maintainer one paragraph to include in the RelNotes file to describe the new feature; a good place to do so is in the cover -- 2.4.0 -- 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