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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-09-03 10:41:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-09-03 15:43:07 +0200 |
| commit | 141360b5b257715fdca2db4fc106b4220788ae06 (patch) | |
| tree | 6056923604dd4d1507e7e8ef77326c13b8beb305 /HACKING | |
| parent | b002e9d08eb909e9fa1a84b0feed1662dce0bd3f (diff) | |
| download | patches-141360b5b257715fdca2db4fc106b4220788ae06.tar patches-141360b5b257715fdca2db4fc106b4220788ae06.tar.gz | |
doc: Mention 'guix lint' and '--list-dependent' in 'HACKING'.
* HACKING (Submitting Patches): Mention 'guix lint' and 'guix refresh
--list-dependent'.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ in the form of patches as produced by ‘git format-patch’ sent to guix-devel@gnu.org. Please write commit logs in the [[http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html#Change-Logs][GNU ChangeLog format]]; you can check the commit history for examples. +Before submitting a patch that adds or modifies a package definition, please +run ‘guix lint PACKAGE’, where PACKAGE is the name of the new or modified +package, and fix any errors it reports. In addition, please make sure the +package builds on your platform, using ‘guix build’. You may also want to +check that dependent package (if applicable) are not affected by the change; +‘guix refresh --list-dependent PACKAGE’ will help you do that. + When posting a patch to the mailing list, use "[PATCH] ..." as a subject. You may use your email client or the ‘git send-mail’ command. |