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[PATCH lbwww] Better instructions to create patches


From: Adrien Bourmault
Subject: [PATCH lbwww] Better instructions to create patches
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:51:16 +0100

Signed-off-by: Adrien Bourmault <neox@a-lec.org>
---
 site/git.md | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/site/git.md b/site/git.md
index 4de7ce3..8490066 100644
--- a/site/git.md
+++ b/site/git.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ non-free.
 GNU+Linux is generally recommended as the OS of choice, for Libreboot
 development. However, BSD operating systems also boot on Libreboot machines.
 
-Send patches
+Send patches & contribute
 ------------
 
 You can submit your patches to the 
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ A simple guide to properly configure your git installation 
to send emails has
 been made by [sourcehut](https://git-send-email.io/) or you can use the 
 [sourcehut interface](https://man.sr.ht/git.sr.ht/#sending-patches-upstream) 
to create patches.
 
+Since the mailing list accepts patches for all the repositories we manage, 
please specify which repository your patch is for. To do this, you'll need to 
use:
+
+       git config format.subjectPrefix "PATCH name_of_the_repo"
+
+Please also sign-off your patches, which you can configure with:
+
+       git config format.signOff yes
+
 Once you have submitted your patch, the genuine Libreboot maintainers will be 
notified
 via the mailing list and will start reviewing it. You can see the status of 
you patch via the
 [patch tracker](https://lists.sr.ht/~libreboot/libreboot-devel/patches).
-- 
2.39.2


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