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| author | Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> | 2023-06-29 15:14:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Alexander Orzechowski <alex@ozal.ski> | 2023-06-29 17:50:44 +0000 |
| commit | 6eff8651d3c692b947a45db68eaa0a21b2637884 (patch) | |
| tree | 824c1d84f8de63516a90a9f9b2db360abc1839c3 | |
| parent | 21e96c459d75b81216c4047d9ec418985d0f0e00 (diff) | |
contributing: add instructions for forking
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 3b38acbf..a9b79834 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ upfront and discuss your plans. Note: rules are made to be broken. Adjust or ignore any/all of these as you see fit, but be prepared to justify it to your peers. +## Forking + +New GitLab accounts may not have the permission to fork repositories. You will +need to [file a user verification request] to get this permission. See the +[freedesktop wiki] for more details. + +The fork must be marked as public to allow CI to run. + ## Merge Requests If you already have your own merge request habits, feel free to use them. If you don't, however, allow me to make a suggestion: feature branches pulled from upstream. Try this: -1. Fork wlroots (make the fork public to allow the CI to run) +1. Fork wlroots 2. `git clone git@gitlab.freedesktop.org:<username>/wlroots.git && cd wlroots` 3. `git remote add upstream https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git` @@ -422,6 +430,8 @@ static void subsurface_handle_surface_destroy(struct wl_listener *listener, ``` [#wlroots on Libera Chat]: https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#wlroots +[file a user verification request]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/issues/new?issuable_template=User%20verification +[freedesktop wiki]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/wikis/home [linear, "recipe" style]: https://www.bitsnbites.eu/git-history-work-log-vs-recipe/ [git-rebase.io]: https://git-rebase.io/ [reference issues]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/managing_issues.html#closing-issues-automatically |