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| author | Michael Bacarella <michael.bacarella@gmail.com> | 2018-12-05 12:37:30 -0800 |
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| committer | Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> | 2018-12-19 10:29:47 +0000 |
| commit | ab5890d498c095da0d2047adfc68fc0f04ed4fbd (patch) | |
| tree | 959c65301680a2026e18013556a73057b6f9655a /Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md | |
| parent | 54e80cec9f775073a83214ef9e0ac5976ead3be5 (diff) | |
Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md: clarify running make gitconfig
It's easy to misinterpret or miss altogether the instruction to
run 'make gitconfig', which will cause strange problems a few
commands later. Revise the documentation to make it clearer.
Also adds a blurb further down with a link to find Gerrit
workflow docs.
detached from FETCH_HEAD
Signed-off-by: Michael Bacarella <michael.bacarella@gmail.com>
Change-Id: I49734c724c4d6da716a358cd849938ef14dab3b1
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/30060
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md b/Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md index d3e0d8c08f..c9c9484478 100644 --- a/Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md +++ b/Documentation/lessons/lesson2.md @@ -71,14 +71,18 @@ This should prompt you for your id_rsa passphrase, if you previously set one. If you are using HTTP, instead, select **http** from the tabs under "Project coreboot" and run the command that appears -After it finishes cloning, "cd coreboot" will take you into the local -git repository. Run "make gitconfig" to set up the hooks and configurations. -For example, you will be asked to run the following commands to set your -username and email. +Now is a good time to configure your global git identity, if you haven't +already. git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "Your Email" +Finally, enter the local git repository and set up repository specific hooks +and other configurations. + + cd coreboot + make gitconfig + ## Part 4: Submit a commit An easy first commit to make is fixing existing checkpatch errors and warnings @@ -149,6 +153,11 @@ coreboot.org. **Note:** To submit as a draft, use your commit will be on coreboot.org, but is only visible to those you add as reviewers. +This has been a quick primer on how to submit a change to Gerrit for review +using git. You may wish to review the [Gerrit code review workflow +documentation](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/intro-user.html#code-review), +especially if you plan to work on multiple changes at the same time. + ## Part 4b: Using git cola to stage and submit a commit If git cola is not installed on your machine, see |