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From: Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@××××××××××.edu> |
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ChangeLog files are auto-generated by infra post git-migration. |
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For user-submitted ebuilds, include the user information in the commit |
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message instead. Mention that user submitted git patches and pull |
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requests preserve the authorship information by default. |
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Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 |
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Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@××××××××××.edu> |
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--- |
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ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml | 10 ++++++---- |
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml |
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index ef80c0d..a148042 100644 |
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--- a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml |
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+++ b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml |
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@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ the ebuild meets all Gentoo Linux development standards. |
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The user-submitted ebuild must not contain custom headers like this: |
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</p> |
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-<pre caption="A custom header that should be transferred to the ChangeLog"> |
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+<pre caption="A custom header that should be included in the commit message instead"> |
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# Ebuild updated by: me <me@×××××××.com> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Such information should be added to the <c>ChangeLog</c> instead. |
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-The first <c>ChangeLog</c> entry should always credit the user who |
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-submitted the ebuild, with their full name and e-mail address. |
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+Such information should be included in the git commit message instead. |
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+Note that ebuilds received in the form of git patches or pull requests |
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+will have the user as the commit author by default, in which case |
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+including the user information in the commit message explicitly |
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+may not be necessary. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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