Do not forget to update the documentation to describe the updated
behavior and make sure that the resulting documentation set formats
-well. It is currently a liberal mixture of US and UK English norms for
+well (try the Documentation/doc-diff script).
+
+We currently have a liberal mixture of US and UK English norms for
spelling and grammar, which is somewhat unfortunate. A huge patch that
touches the files all over the place only to correct the inconsistency
is not welcome, though. Potential clashes with other changes that can
The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for
the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have
-the right to pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are
+the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are
pretty simple: if you can certify the below D-C-O:
[[dco]]
Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own
repositories.
-- 'git-gui/' comes from git-gui project, maintained by Pat Thoyts:
+- `git-gui/` comes from git-gui project, maintained by Pat Thoyts:
git://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git
-- 'gitk-git/' comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+- `gitk-git/` comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
-- 'po/' comes from the localization coordinator, Jiang Xin:
+- `po/` comes from the localization coordinator, Jiang Xin:
https://github.com/git-l10n/git-po/
help you find out who they are.
. You get comments and suggestions for improvements. You may
- even get them in a "on top of your change" patch form.
+ even get them in an "on top of your change" patch form.
. Polish, refine, and re-send to the list and the people who
spend their time to improve your patch. Go back to step (2).