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authorJordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>2014-10-31 22:05:50 +0000
committerjljusten <jljusten@Edk2>2014-10-31 22:05:50 +0000
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EDK II Contributions.txt: Update patch format information
Update to show what the patch looks like in email form. NOTE: This does not modify the wording of the "TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0" section Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Jaben Carsey <jaben.carsey@intel.com> git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/trunk/edk2@16297 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524
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diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Contributions.txt b/OvmfPkg/Contributions.txt
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+++ b/OvmfPkg/Contributions.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ To make a contribution to a TianoCore project, follow these steps.
Contributions using other licenses might be accepted, but further
review will be required.
-=======================================
-= Change Description / Commit Message =
-=======================================
+=====================================================
+= Change Description / Commit Message / Patch Email =
+=====================================================
Your change description should use the standard format for a
commit message, and must include your "Signed-off-by" signature
@@ -44,7 +44,32 @@ and the "Contributed-under" message.
== Sample Change Description / Commit Message =
-=== Definitions for sample change description ===
+=== Start of sample patch email message ===
+
+From: Contributor Name <contributor@email.server>
+Subject: [PATCH] CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary
+
+Full-commit-message
+
+Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
+Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@email.server>
+---
+
+An extra message for the patch email which will not be considered part
+of the commit message can be added here.
+
+Patch content inline or attached
+
+=== End of sample patch email message ===
+
+=== Notes for sample patch email ===
+
+* The first line of commit message is taken from the email's subject
+ line following [PATCH]. The remaining portion of the commit message
+ is the email's content until the '---' line.
+* git format-patch is one way to create this format
+
+=== Definitions for sample patch email ===
* "CodeModule" is a short idenfier for the affected code. For
example MdePkg, or MdeModulePkg UsbBusDxe.
@@ -58,15 +83,6 @@ and the "Contributed-under" message.
* "Signed-off-by" is the contributor's signature identifying them
by their real/legal name and their email address.
-=== Start of sample change description / commit message ===
-CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary
-
-Full-commit-message
-
-Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
-Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@email.server>
-=== End of sample change description / commit message ===
-
========================================
= TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 =
========================================