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| author | Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org> | 2011-05-23 09:45:39 -0700 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-05-23 19:07:25 +0200 |
| commit | ac9c5330dff20a505a0b38fa635b3b9646b0e70e (patch) | |
| tree | 9cc6ed3473f35e74cdd63c74f1e044b490713b9a | |
| parent | acbfebeb8d22a87b76fae32d8d9bf0473e178fdf (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-ac9c5330dff20a505a0b38fa635b3b9646b0e70e.tar.xz | |
maint: README-hacking clarifications
* README-hacking: Small getting-started clarifications.
| -rw-r--r-- | README-hacking | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 6755598dd..cadb33ed0 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ each program. One way to do this is to use vc-dwim "git-changelog-symlink-init" function into your shell, and then run this function at the top-level directory of the package. - Edit the ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a + Edit the (empty) ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a properly-formatted entry according to the GNU coding standards <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html>. - Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output looks good. + Make your changes. + + Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output (the diff of all + your changes) looks good. Run "vc-dwim --commit". |