point pull requesters to GitGitGadget
authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:32:46 +0000 (17:32 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:07:50 +0000 (11:07 +0900)
In the contributing guide and PR template seen by people who open pull
requests on GitHub, we mention the submitGit tool, which gives an
alternative to figuring out the mailing list. These days we also have
the similar GitGitGadget tool, and we should make it clear that this
is also an option.

We could continue to mention _both_ tools, but it's probably better to
pick one in order to avoid overwhelming the user with choice. After all,
one of the purposes here is to reduce friction for first-time or
infrequent contributors. And there are a few reasons to prefer GGG:

1. submitGit seems to still have a few rough edges. E.g., it doesn't
munge timestamps to help threaded mail readers handled out-of-order
delivery.

2. Subjectively, GGG seems to be more commonly used on the list these
days, especially by list regulars.

3. GGG seems to be under more active development (likely related to
point 2).

So let's actually swap out submitGit for GGG. While we're there, let's
put another link to the GGG page in the PR template, because that's
where users who are learning about it for the first time will want to go
to read more.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Git community does not use github.com for their contributions. Instead, we use
 a mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org) for code submissions, code
 reviews, and bug reports.
 
-Nevertheless, you can use [submitGit](http://submitgit.herokuapp.com/) to
+Nevertheless, you can use [GitGitGadget](https://gitgitgadget.github.io/) to
 conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list.
 
 Please read ["A note from the maintainer"](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/plain/MaintNotes?h=todo)
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Thanks for taking the time to contribute to Git! Please be advised that the
 Git community does not use github.com for their contributions. Instead, we use
 a mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org) for code submissions, code reviews, and
-bug reports. Nevertheless, you can use submitGit to conveniently send your Pull
-Requests commits to our mailing list.
+bug reports. Nevertheless, you can use GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/)
+to conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list.
 
 Please read the "guidelines for contributing" linked above!