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Not that anyone would confuse with something newt-related, but just
because it is more readable that way.
doc: tweak HACKING
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* HACKING (Curly braces): Tweak a sentence. Filter a few
paragraphs through "fmt".
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* HACKING (Curly braces: use judiciously): New section.
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* gnulib: Update, for maint.mk improvements.
* HACKING: Use GFDL 1.3, not 1.2.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* README: Likewise.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update accordingly.
* .gitignore: Ignore file created by 'make update-NEWS-hash'.
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Use this command:
git ls-files | grep -v COPYING \
| xargs env UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1 \
build-aux/update-copyright
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Transformed via this shell code:
t=$'\t'
git ls-files \
| grep -vE '(^|/)((GNU)?[Mm]akefile|ChangeLog)|\.(am|mk)$' \
| grep -vE 'tests/pr/|help2man' \
| xargs grep -lE "^ *$t" \
| xargs perl -MText::Tabs -ni -le \
'$m=/^( *\t[ \t]*)(.*)/; print $m ? expand($1) . $2 : $_'
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* HACKING (Commit log requirements): Point to Guile's
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/changelogs/guile-changelogs_3.html.
Mention that a bit of prose can be welcome.
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* HACKING (Amending...): Remove spurious "-e" used with commit --amend.
(log message policy): Mention the 72-column limit.
"build:" and "maint:" are common prefixes, these days.
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* HACKING (Add documentation): Add a link to the GCS.
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* HACKING (Miscellaneous useful git commands): Add a few.
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* HACKING (Avoid trailing white space): Describe how git can help.
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* HACKING: A beginner's commit-to-master is so common,
and causes enough confusion, that we describe how to recover.
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* HACKING: Add copyright notice.
* tests/test-lib.sh: Likewise.
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* HACKING: Give an example of how to run a test in isolation.
* README: Fix/simplify example for running a single test.
* README-hacking: Reference the HACKING file.
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Suggestion from Patrick Schoenfeld.
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* HACKING (Be nice to translators): New section.
Add Jim's suggestion to avoid changing translatable strings if possible.
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* HACKING: Don't suggest --signoff; it's redundant.
(log requirements): Specify preferred forms.
Mention preference for "<" over ">".
Mention the "const placement" preference.
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* HACKING: remove some uses of "coreutils"
Point to git's own SubmittingPatches URL.
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* HACKING: New section `Finding things to do', points to TODO file and
gives instructions on generating an html coverage report as provided by
Daniel Dunbar.
* TODO: Add item for improving test coverage. Point back to HACKING.
Signed-off-by: Bo Borgerson <gigabo@gmail.com>
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README-contribution-guidelines: Rename to ..
HACKING: ...this.
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