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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
+
+How to Use Mercurial |
+---------------------+
+
+For larger or more frequent contributions, mercurial should be used.
+
+PREREQUISITES:
+
+Configuring Mercurial:
+ You need mercurial with the following extensions:
+ - mq : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MqExtension
+ - patchbomb : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/PatchbombExtension
+ Usually, these two extensions are already part of the installation package.
+ The mq extension maintains a separate queue of your local changes
+ that you can change at any later time.
+ With the patchbomb extension you can email those patches directly
+ from your local repo.
+
+ Your configuration file for mercurial, e.g. ~/.hgrc should contain
+ at least the following sections (but have a look at `man hgrc`):
+ # ---
+ [email]
+ # configure sending patches directly via Mercurial
+ from = "Your Name" <your@email.address>
+ # How to send email:
+ method = smtp
+
+ [smtp]
+ # SMTP configuration (only for method=smtp)
+ host = localhost
+ tls = true
+ username =
+ password =
+
+ [extensions]
+ # The following lines enable the two extensions:
+ hgext.mq =
+ hgext.patchbomb =
+ # ----
+
+Create your local repository as a clone:
+ hg clone http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/hg/crosstool-ng crosstool-ng
+
+Setting up the mq extension in your local copy:
+ cd crosstool-ng
+ hg qinit
+
+
+CREATING PATCHES:
+
+Recording your changes in the patch queue maintained by mq:
+ # First, create a new patch entry in the patch queue:
+ hg qnew -D -U -e short_patch_name1
+ <edit patch description as commit message (see below for an example)>
+
+ <now edit the ct-ng sources and check them>
+
+ # if you execute `hg status` here, your modifications of the working
+ # copy should show up.
+
+ # Now the following command takes your modifications from the working copy
+ # into the patch entry
+ hg qrefresh -D [-e]
+ <reedit patch description [-e] if desired>
+
+ # Now your changes are recorded, and `hg status` should show a clean
+ # working copy
+
+Repeat the above steps for all your modifications.
+The command `hg qseries` informs you about the content of your patch queue.
+
+
+CONTRIBUTING YOUR PATCHES:
+
+Once you are satisfied with your patch series, you can (you should!)
+contribute them back to upstream.
+This is easily done using the `hg email` command.
+
+`hg email` sends your new changesets to a specified list of recipients,
+each patch in its own email, all ordered in the way you entered them (oldest
+first). The command line flag --outgoing selects all changesets that are in
+your local but not yet in the upstream repository. Here, these are exactly
+the ones you entered into your local patch queue in the section above, so
+--outgoing is what you want.
+
+Each email gets the subject set to: "[PATCH x of n] <series summary>"
+where 'x' is the serial number in the email series, and 'n' is the total number
+of patches in the series. The body of the email is the complete patch, plus
+a handful of metadata, that helps properly apply the patch, keeping the log
+message, attribution and date, tracking file changes (move, delete, modes...)
+
+`hg email` also threads all outgoing patch emails below an introductory
+message. You should use the introductory message (command line flag --intro)
+to describe the scope and motivation for the whole patch series. The subject
+for the introductory message gets set to: "[PATCH 0 of n] <series summary>"
+and you get the chance to set the <series summary>.
+
+Here is a sample `hg email` complete command line:
+Note: replace " (at) " with "@"
+
+ hg email --outgoing --intro \
+ --to '"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr>' \
+ --cc 'crossgcc (at) sourceware.org'
+
+ # It then opens an editor and lets you enter the subject
+ # and the body for the introductory message.
+
+Use `hg email` with the additional command line switch -n to
+first have a look at the email(s) without actually sending them.
+
+
+MAINTAINING YOUR PATCHES:
+
+When the patches are refined by discussing them on the mailing list,
+you may want to finalize and resend them.
+
+The mq extension has the idiosyncrasy of imposing a stack onto the queue:
+You can always reedit/refresh only the patch on top of stack.
+The queue consists of applied and unapplied patches
+(if you reached here via the above steps, all of your patches are applied),
+where the 'stack' consists of the applied patches, and 'top of stack'
+is the latest applied patch.
+
+The following output of `hg qseries` is now used as an example:
+ 0 A short_patch_name1
+ 1 A short_patch_name2
+ 2 A short_patch_name3
+ 3 A short_patch_name4
+
+You are now able to edit patch 'short_patch_name4' (which is top of stack):
+ <Edit the sources>
+ # and execute again
+ hg qrefresh -D [-e]
+ <and optionally [-e] reedit the commit message>
+
+If you want to edit e.g. patch short_patch_name2, you have to modify
+mq's stack so this patch gets top of stack.
+For this purpose see `hg help qgoto`, `hg help qpop`, and `hg help qpush`.
+
+ hg qgoto short_patch_name2
+ # The patch queue should now look like
+ hg qseries
+ 0 A short_patch_name1
+ 1 A short_patch_name2
+ 2 U short_patch_name3
+ 3 U short_patch_name4
+ # so patch # 1 (short_patch_name2) is top of stack.
+ <now reedit the sources for short_patch_name2>
+ # and execute again
+ hg qrefresh -D [-e]
+ <and optionally [-e] reedit the commit message>
+ # the following command reapplies the now unapplied two patches:
+ hg qpush -a
+ # you can also use `hg qgoto short_patch_name4` to get there again.
+
+
+RESENDING YOUR REEDITED PATCHES:
+
+By mailing list policy, please resend your complete patch series.
+--> Go back to section "CONTRIBUTING YOUR PATCHES" and resubmit the full set.
+
+
+SYNCING WITH UPSTREAM AGAIN:
+
+You can sync your repo with upstream at any time by executing
+ # first unapply all your patches:
+ hg qpop -a
+ # next fetch new changesets from upstream
+ hg pull
+ # then update your working copy
+ hg up
+ # optionally remove already upstream integrated patches (see below)
+ hg qdelete <short_name_of_already_applied_patch>
+ # and reapply your patches if any non upstream-integrated left (but see below)
+ hg qpush -a
+
+Eventually, your patches get included into the upstream repository
+which you initially cloned.
+In this case, before executing the hg qpush -a from above
+you should manually "hg qdelete" the patches that are already integrated upstream.
+
+
+HOW TO FORMAT COMMIT MESSAGES (aka patch desciptions):
Commit messages should look like (without leading pipes):
|component: short, one-line description
@@ -707,31 +886,6 @@ Here is an example commit message (see revision a53a5e1d61db):
|For any later versions, the directory name does have the version, such as
|cloog-ppl-0.15.4.
-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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