Re: Change .page, see result

Germán Poo-Caamaño <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.documentation
Organization GNOME
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Hannie,

On Tue, 2017-12-05 at 17:37 +0100, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote:
> Op 05-12-17 om 12:24 schreef Ekaterina Gerasimova:
> > 
> > > What will happen if I commit/push the branch with the changed
> > > .page files I
> > > am happy with. Will they be added to gnome-user-docs (patches?).
> > > So far, I
> > > have only pushed the branch with changes to the nl.po file.
> > 
> > That is what will happen.
> > 
> > As this would be your first docs contribution, it would be better
> > if
> > you could push a branch for review or attach a patch to Bugzilla.
> > 
> > Generally, after seeing a few good patches and when I'm sure that
> > you're not breaking the build, I am likely to suggest that you
> > start
> > pushing minor fixes straight to master.
> > 
> 
> Hello Ekaterina,
> 
> I understand that it is better NOT to push the gnome-user-docs branch
> if I have changed .page files. Instead, I will attach the .page file
> (or part of it?) to a Bugzilla report (is that what you mean by
> "attaching a patch to Bugzilla?). I do not know how I can push a
> branch for review.

A patch is a representation of the minimal changes between your file(s)
and the one(s) in the repository. It allows people to focus only in the
changes, rather than looking through a whole file. With a little bit of
practice, you will get used to and you will find it handy (welcome to
the matrix! ;-)

That said, you may want to take a look at:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Newcomers/SubmitPatch

> I am currently trying to find out how things work. And I fully 
> understand that you will only allow me to push minor fixes straight
> to master after I have proven I can do it right. I will go through
> the buglist to see if I can fix some of them and send my changes, if
> any, to Bugzilla.

Another resource (perhaps not as detailed as you are asking) is:
https://wiki.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Contributing

-- 
Germán Poo-Caamaño
http://calcifer.org/

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