[arch-general] Need a little help getting started with contributing

[Ionut Biru]

On 01/04/2012 09:28 PM, Göran Gustafsson wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I got a few small patches related to esthetical issues that i would like
> to send upstream so everyone else can enjoy them. I'm a little bit lost
> on how i should do this.
> 
> The packages i've edited is initscripts, mkinitcpio and filesystem. When
> it comes to initscripts and mkinitcpio i've just cloned the git
> repositories but i'm not sure how i should send the commits upstream.
> git push doesn't work since i don't have the right permissions. I've
> only used github to send pull request before so i'm not that confident
> in git yet. Can i do the same thing with just the git command?
> 
> Also, does the filesystem package have a git repository i can use too?
> 
> Any help getting started would gladly be appreciated! :)


send git format patches on arch-projects ml. as a tip, append the
project name in front of the subject lile [initscripts].

super quick wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Super_Quick_Git_Guide

-- 
Ionuț

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