From 89906f4ba1a3621efeefa4969ef549d39451efd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:23:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Improve CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 8f0ba1124..ff2b8b5eb 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ successful with your contribution if you visit the [IRC channel](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=sway&uio=d4) upfront and discuss your plans. +## Pull Requests + +If you already have your own pull request habits, feel free to use them. If you +don't, however, allow me to make a suggestion: feature branches pulled from +upstream. Try this: + +1. Fork sway +2. Clone your fork +3. git remote add upstream git://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway.git + +You only need to do this once. You're never going to use your fork's master +branch. Instead, when you start working on a feature, do this: + +1. git fetch upstream +2. git checkout -b add-so-and-so-feature upstream/master +3. work +4. git push -u origin add-so-and-so-feature +5. Make pull request from your feature branch + ## Coding Style Sway is written in C. The style guidelines is [kernel