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@@ -45,6 +45,35 @@ Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
+Then you'll need to correctly configure Mercurial. There are two extensions
+that you may find usefull:
+ - mq : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MqExtension
+ - patchbomb : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/PatchbombExtension
+
+Here's a typical hacking session:
+ hg clone http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/hg/crosstool-ng crosstool-ng
+ cd crosstool-ng
+ hg qinit
+ hg qnew -D -U -e my_first_patch
+ *edit patch description*
+ *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
+ hg qref -D -e
+ *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
+ hg qnew -D -U -e my_second_patch
+ *edit patch description*
+ *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
+ hg qref -D -e
+ *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
+ hg email --outgoing --intro \
+ --from '"Your Full NAME" <your.email (at) your.domain>' \
+ --to '"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr>' \
+ --cc 'crossgcc (at) sourceware.org'
+ *edit introductory message*
+ *wait for feedback*
+ *re-send if no answer for a few days*
+
+Note: replace' (at) ' above with a plain '@'.
+
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