Re: MinGW patches

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès),  address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 10:59:17 -0500
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> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
> >> Cc: address@hidden
> >> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:32:34 +0100
> >> 
> >> For convenience and to hopefully smooth the process, I’ve added you to
> >> the Savannah group.  Please post here for review before pushing.
> >
> > Thanks, but I have one question after reading HACKING: is it required
> > to rebase changes before pushing?  Say, if I commit locally, then,
> > while waiting for review, someone else pushes to master -- can I then
> > push once the patch is approved, without rebasing it?
> 
> We generally rebase before pushing, to keep the git history as linear as
> reasonably possible.

May I suggest to have this in HACKING, including the (probably
necessary) "pull --rebase" that should go with it?