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Re: Steps to Send a Patch for a New Feature?


From: Wamm K. D.
Subject: Re: Steps to Send a Patch for a New Feature?
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 01:45:32 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux)

On Fri. (Jun 10, 2022) at 02:35:28 AM -04, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: "Wamm K. D." <jaft.r@outlook.com>
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:11:39 -0500
>> 
>> 'Ello, Emacs.
>> 
>> A few years ago, I was adding a feature to a library, before it was part
>> of Emacs proper, and ran head-first into a brick wall of executive
>> dysfunction.
>> 
>> In the time since, the library was added to Emacs's source; I have the
>> bulk of the work done as the only remaining thing the author wanted was
>> another example of the new feature I was adding but I'm unfamiliar with
>> the process to send a patch for Emacs.
>
> The process is documented in CONTRIBUTE, which you will find in the
> top-level directory of the Emacs source tree.  In a nutshell, you make
> the changes in your local clone of the Emacs Git repository, then send
> the changes as an attachment in "git format-patch" form.  We prefer
> that you send that to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, which will then be
> recorded by our issue tracker.
>
> TIA

Awesome; 'sounds good. Every resource I was able to find only specified
sending bugs to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so I wasn't sure if new features
should be sent there, as well. Thanks so much (again) for the guidance;
'very much appreciated.



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