[mythtv] How do I submit a fix?

[Steve E]

  Thank you Mike, for providing the 'git diff origin/master HEAD > 
patchFile' syntax
example (which I used to submit my patch), and thank you Karl for the 
'git format-patch'
example. I'll try that next time.

     - Steve

On 05/27/2012 04:11 AM, Karl Dietz wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 24.05.2012 05:30, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 05/23/2012 10:40 PM, Steve E wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a solution for a ticket which already exists.
>>>
> ...
>>>
>>> I've implemented the fix in my view. I've run 'git add' and 'git
>>> commit -v', but
>>> now the Myth development documentation has left me hanging. What 
>>> exactly
>>> is the next step?
>>>
> ...
>>>
>>> Please provide me some guidance on how to proceed.
>>
>> You can use:
>>
>> git diff origin/master HEAD >
>> $HOME/mythtv-10712-use_OCUR_only_with_CableCARD.patch
>>
>> to create a patch, which you can attach to the ticket. (Assuming you
>> made the changes in the master branch.)
>>
>> Alternatively, you can create a pull request (
>> http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/ ), and then add a comment to
>> the ticket that references the pull request you've submitted.
>
> I do it like this.
> I "git pull" master, then move my changes forward to the latest master
> with "git rebase origin" and create patches with "git format-patch
> origin"
>
> that allows me to shuffle around my patches with "git rebase -i origin"
> and recreate a set of all my patches
>
> Regards,
> Karl
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