From: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index f06563e9817..00f4c63cb9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt @@ -1116,6 +1116,11 @@ $ git send-email --to=target@xxxxxxxxxxx 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. +NOTE: If you're not sure who to CC, use `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` to get a +list of reviewers you should include in the CC list. In addition, you can do +`git send-email --cc-cmd='git contacts' feature/*.patch` to automatically pass +this list of emails to `send-email`. + NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - 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. -- gitgitgadget
