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authorPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>2021-11-11 21:50:05 +0000
committerPatrick Georgi <patrick@coreboot.org>2021-11-22 16:28:51 +0000
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Documentation: Add warning about "private" changes on Gerrit
Private changes on Gerrit are a tricky beast in that they're well hidden in the UI and a few other places but still reachable under certain circumstances. Change-Id: I1c8c6cccfd023bc1d839dc5d9544204c88f89c7e Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/59229 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
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@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ the wip flag:
* When pushing patches that are not for submission, these should be marked
as such. This can be done in the title ‘[DONOTSUBMIT]’, or can be pushed as
private changes, so that only explicitly added reviewers will see them. These
-sorts of patches are frequently posted as ideas or RFCs for the community
-to look at. To push a private change, use the command:
+sorts of patches are frequently posted as ideas or RFCs for the community to
+look at. Note that private changes can still be fetched from Gerrit by anybody
+who knows their commit ID, so don't use this for sensitive changes. To push
+a private change, use the command:
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%private
* Multiple push options can be combined: