Documentation/submitting-patches.md

   1 Submitting patches: the sparse version
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   4 Sparse uses a patch submit process similar to the Linux Kernel
   5 [Submitting Patches](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html)
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   7 This document mostly focuses on the parts that might be different from the Linux
   8 Kernel submitting process.
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  10 1. Git clone a sparse repository:
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  12         git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
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  14 2. [Coding Style](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/coding-style.html) remains the same.
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  16 3. Sign off the patch.
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  18    The usage of the Signed-off-by tag is the same as [Linux Kernel Sign your work](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin).
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  20    Notice that sparse uses the MIT License.
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