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Diffstat (limited to 'contributing')
| -rw-r--r-- | contributing/wiki.mdwn | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/contributing/wiki.mdwn b/contributing/wiki.mdwn index 25fb9911..7f70ae91 100644 --- a/contributing/wiki.mdwn +++ b/contributing/wiki.mdwn @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ is included in the section entitled (!) Some general hints first; they may sound very familiar from other software projects: -* Do independent changes *separately*: don't aggregate changes that don't + * Do independent changes *separately*: don't aggregate changes that don't belong together. -* Install your changes *early* and *often*: don't hold your contribution back + * Install your changes *early* and *often*: don't hold your contribution back until you think it is perfect. Before doing any changes, you are encouraged to play a bit in this wiki's @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ First, let's make sure that you're properly identifying yourself towards git. Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> 1186743435 +0200 If it doesn't look akin to that for you, you'd better adjust either your -*EMAIL* environment variable or alternatively tell git about your real +`EMAIL` environment variable or alternatively tell git about your real identity: $ git config --global user.name 'Your Name' @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ is also read-only. $ git clone http://www.bddebian.com/git/wiki [dest] -For all cases: if you omit *[dest]* it will default to *wiki*. +For all cases: if you omit `[dest]` it will default to `wiki`. -Later, you can just *cd* into the *wiki* directory and run a *git pull* to get +Later, you can just `cd` into the `wiki` directory and run a `git pull` to get hold of the latest changes others have been installing in the mean time. @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ If you can't do that, then first prepare to publish your changes: 0001-Be-a-bit-more-expressive.patch [...] -See through the generated **.patch* files and simply delete those you don't +See through the generated `*.patch` files and simply delete those you don't want to publish. Finally, publish the good ones. If you have a local mail transfer agent @@ -160,5 +160,5 @@ running, the following is all you have to do: [...] If you don't have an MTA running, you'll have to find another way: either post -the **.patch* files to <web-hurd@gnu.org> or upload them somewhere for us to +the `*.patch` files to <web-hurd@gnu.org> or upload them somewhere for us to download them from. |