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author | ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> | 2016-07-21 12:44:57 +0000 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-07-24 19:54:15 +0200 |
commit | 0f53b886e27ac6ea340d19f3627c273c7f82016e (patch) | |
tree | f42a39d652a65182bd47df4639d10a4b622ac346 | |
parent | dfcdd9c25d552fb2691552837b2f2f50bb0b14fb (diff) | |
download | guix-0f53b886e27ac6ea340d19f3627c273c7f82016e.tar.gz |
doc: Point out preference of message format.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the patches. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index c8f884eacd..c0755bb895 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as a subject. You may use your email client or the @command{git -send-email} command. +send-email} command. We prefer to get patches in plain text messages, +either inline or as MIME attachments. You are advised to pay attention if +your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which +could could potentially break the patches. |