Hi! On Friday 21 August 2009 16:34:33 Peter Barada wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 15:10 +0200, Kevin Hilman wrote: > > Tim Bird <tim.bird@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Paul Walmsley wrote: > > >> Hi Peter, > > >> > > >> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Peter Barada wrote: > > >>> 1) Does anyone have a URL of the format patches should be in that are > > >>> submitted to the linux-omap list? > > >>> > > >>> I've got some patches to add base support for the Logic OMAP 35x SOM > > >>> and Torpedo boards and I'd like to submit them in the right format > > >>> for inclusion and push into mainline. > > >> > > >> Documentation/SubmittingPatches and Documentation/CodingStyle are > > >> pretty good intros to this. > > > > > > Also, Andrew Morton wrote a paper called "The Perfect Patch" > > > with a nice checklist of attributes. > > > > > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt > > > > In addition to above suggestions, I highly recommend using git tools > > which automate many of these recommended steps. > > > > Usin 'git format-patch' and then 'git send-email' will get you a long > > ways. > > Kevin, > > Most of my work is done with LTIB/svn. Is there a good starter document > for git on how to have a local tree, local changes, and keep it up to > date with a remote tree? I've waded through some of git's > documentation, but its bit daunting bending my brain around git after > many years of SVN/CVS. You can start with the Git tutorial [1] and Everyday Git [2]. The entry point for git documentation is at [3]. [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html [2] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html [3] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git.html > 1) If I use "git fetch" to create a local copy, how do I check in > changes to my tree (that stay local), then update my tree to changes > you've made? I assume this is where rebasing comes in, but I'm unclear > on the process - I've littered my machine with multiple busted git trees > trying to track yours and Tony's trees/branches/tags. Any quick > examples are highly appreciated. You use 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git rebase' commands for that, cf. [1] and [2]. > 2) Are there tools to take an SVN tree and "import" it into a git tree > (or do I have to do that by hand, patching my git tree foreach SVN > revision I have)? Regards, Jean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
