From ac9c5330dff20a505a0b38fa635b3b9646b0e70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:45:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: README-hacking clarifications

* README-hacking: Small getting-started clarifications.
---
 README-hacking | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 6755598dd..cadb33ed0 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ each program.  One way to do this is to use vc-dwim
   "git-changelog-symlink-init" function into your shell, and then run
   this function at the top-level directory of the package.
 
-  Edit the ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a
+  Edit the (empty) ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a
   properly-formatted entry according to the GNU coding standards
   <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html>.
 
-  Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output looks good.
+  Make your changes.
+
+  Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output (the diff of all
+  your changes) looks good.
 
   Run "vc-dwim --commit".
 
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