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| author | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2012-07-22 15:11:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2012-07-23 23:56:22 +0200 |
| commit | 816ff352a38ab644c43e2668501d14875912d333 (patch) | |
| tree | c1f5e3a8ffe07314643fa490c329736dca09609e | |
| parent | 6c1ed454837ccaea0c1d848a9603877f5c1a3c97 (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-816ff352a38ab644c43e2668501d14875912d333.tar.gz | |
doc: Add Git configuration section
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diff --git a/doc/git-howto.texi b/doc/git-howto.texi index 938e165c1b..51141157c1 100644 --- a/doc/git-howto.texi +++ b/doc/git-howto.texi @@ -258,6 +258,32 @@ git commit @end example +@chapter Git configuration + +In order to simplify a few workflows, it is advisable to configure both +your personal Git installation and your local Libav repository. + +@section Personal Git installation + +Add the following to your @file{~/.gitconfig} to help @command{git send-email} +and @command{git format-patch} detect renames: + +@example +[diff] + renames = copy +@end example + +@section Repository configuration + +In order to have @command{git send-email} automatically send patches +to the libav-devel mailing list, add the following stanza +to @file{/path/to/libav/repository/.git/config}: + +@example +[sendemail] + to = libav-devel@@libav.org +@end example + @chapter Libav specific @section Reverting broken commits |