Re: How to submit a simple patch?

Bernhard Voelker <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Nikolaos,

On 2/7/22 02:24, Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'd like to submit a simple patch for the info page of find, but I can't figure
> out how to do it. Would it work to e-mail a git format-patch to this list? It's
> not clear if git is a mirror of a CVS repository or not, and if that matters.
> 
> Regards,
> Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou

yes, as the project page [1] states, we're keeping the findutils sources in Git.
In the repository, there's a "README-hacking" file which explains most details.
And yes, sending patches created with `git format-patch` is the preferred way.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/

Have a nice day,
Berny
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