- if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
you send off a message in the correct encoding.
- send the patch to the list (git@vger.kernel.org) and the
- maintainer (gitster@pobox.com). If you use
- git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending
- email to yourself.
+ maintainer (gitster@pobox.com) if (and only if) the patch
+ is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1),
+ please test it first by sending email to yourself.
Long version:
on the git mailing list. If your patch is for discussion first,
send it "To:" the mailing list, and optionally "cc:" him. If it
is trivially correct or after the list reached a consensus, send
-it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list.
+it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list for
+inclusion.
Also note that your maintainer does not actively involve himself in
maintaining what are in contrib/ hierarchy. When you send fixes and