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**Note**: For information about submitting patches and pushing changes
to Git, see the `README.md` and `README.commits` files. In particular,
to Git, see the [README.md](./README.md) and [README.commits.md](./README.commits.md) files. In particular,
don't, under any circumstances, push anything to Git before reading and
understanding `README.commmits`.
understanding [README.commits.md](./README.commits.md).
Typically, you should work on your own branch:
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Once you've finished working on the bug fix or feature, push the branch
to the Git repository and open a new merge request, to let the GTK
maintainers review your contribution. The [CODE-OWNERS](./docs-CODE-OWNERS)
maintainers review your contribution. The [CODE-OWNERS](./docs/CODE-OWNERS)
document contains the list of core contributors to GTK and the areas for
which they are responsible.

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about GTK+ that has been built up over the years, we'd like to ask
people committing to GTK+ to follow a few rules:
0) Ask first. If your changes are major, or could possibly break existing
0. Ask first. If your changes are major, or could possibly break existing
code, you should always ask. If your change is minor and you've
been working on GTK+ for a while it probably isn't necessary
to ask. But when in doubt, ask. Even if your change is correct,
somebody may know a better way to do things.
If you are making changes to GTK+, you should be subscribed
to gtk-devel-list@gnome.org. (Subscription address:
gtk-devel-list-request@gnome.org.) This is a good place to ask
about intended changes.
#gtk+ on GIMPNet (irc.gimp.org, irc.us.gimp.org, irc.eu.gimp.org, ...)
is also a good place to find GTK+ developers to discuss changes with,
however, email to gtk-devel-list is the most certain and preferred
method.
1) Ask _first_.
0. Ask _first_.
2) With git, we no longer maintain a ChangeLog file, but you are expected
0. With git, we no longer maintain a ChangeLog file, but you are expected
to produce a meaningful commit message. Changes without a sufficient
commit message will be reverted. See below for the expected format
of commit messages.
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* The expected format for git commit messages is as follows:
=== begin example commit ===
```
Short explanation of the commit
Longer explanation explaining exactly what's changed, whether any
external or private interfaces changed, what bugs were fixed (with bug
tracker reference if applicable) and so forth. Be concise but not too brief.
=== end example commit ===
```
- Always add a brief description of the commit to the _first_ line of
the commit and terminate by two newlines (it will work without the
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punctuation and capital letters where appropriate. Normally, for patches
sent to a mailing list it's copied from there.
- When committing code on behalf of others use the --author option, e.g.
git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe@coder.org>" and --signoff.
- When committing code on behalf of others use the `--author` option, e.g.
`git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe@coder.org>"` and `--signoff`.
Owen Taylor
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Matthias Clasen
31 Mar 2009