1 Submitting patches to the OpenOCD Gerrit server:
3 OpenOCD is to some extent a "self service" open source project, so to
4 contribute, you must follow the standard procedures to have the best
5 possible chance to get your changes accepted.
7 The procedure to create a patch is essentially:
11 - send the changes to the Gerrit server for review
12 - correct the patch and re-send it according to review feedback
15 0. Create a Gerrit account at:
17 http://openocd.zylin.com
19 - On subsequent sign ins, use the full URL prefaced with 'http://'
22 http://user_identifier.open_id_provider.com
24 0.1. Add a username to your profile.
26 After creating the Gerrit account and signing in, you will need to
27 add a username to your profile. To do this, go to 'Settings', and
28 add a username of your choice.
30 Your username will be required in step 2 and substituted wherever
31 the string 'USERNAME' is found.
33 0.2. Add an SSH public key
35 Following the directions for your specific platform:
37 for Windows: help.github.com/win-set-up-git/#_set_up_ssh_keys
38 for OSX: help.github.com/mac-set-up-git/#_set_up_ssh_keys
39 for Linux: help.github.com/linux-set-up-git/#_set_up_ssh_keys
41 While these pages describe the setting up of git as well,
42 you should scroll down the page till you get to the section:
43 'Next: Set Up SSH Keys', and follow the steps described.
45 1. Clone the git repository, rather than just
48 git clone git://openocd.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/openocd/openocd
50 or if you have problems with the "git:" protocol, use
51 the slower http protocol:
53 git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/openocd.git
55 2. Set up Gerrit with your local repository. All this does it
56 to instruct git locally how to send off the changes.
58 Add a new remote to git using Gerrit username:
60 git remote add review ssh://USERNAME@openocd.zylin.com:29418/openocd.git
61 git config remote.review.push HEAD:refs/for/master
63 You will need to install this hook, we will look into a better
66 scp -p -P 29418 USERNAME@openocd.zylin.com:hooks/commit-msg .git/hooks/
68 3. Set up git with your name and email:
70 git config --global user.name "John Smith"
71 git config --global user.email "john@smith.org"
73 4. Work on your patches. Split the work into
74 multiple small patches that can be reviewed and
75 applied seperately and safely to the OpenOCD
79 work - edit files using your favorite editor.
80 run "git commit -s -a" to commit all changes.
83 TIP! use "git add ." before commit to add new files.
85 --- example comment, notice the short first line w/topic ---
88 longer comments over several
92 5. Next you need to make sure that your patches
93 are on top of the latest stuff on the server and
94 that there are no conflicts.
96 git pull --rebase origin/master
98 6. Send the patches to the Gerrit server for review.
102 7. Forgot something, want to add more? Just make the changes and do:
109 http://www.coreboot.org/Git