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diff --git a/docs/git.rst b/docs/git.rst index c3f7ccce..2836ecd8 100644 --- a/docs/git.rst +++ b/docs/git.rst @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Contributing changes -------------------- Slartibartfast from the planet Magrathea far off in the universe has -decided that he is bored with fjords and wants to fix issue 42 and -send us the changes. +decided that he is bored with fjords and wants to fix issue 42 (the +meaning of life bug) and send us the changes. Slartibartfast has cloned the MediaGoblin repository and his clone lives on gitorious. @@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ Slartibartfast does the following: git fetch --all -p 2. Creates a branch from the tip of the MediaGoblin repository (the - remote is named ``gmg``) master branch called ``issue_42``:: + remote is named ``gmg``) master branch called ``bug42_meaning_of_life``:: - git checkout -b issue_42 gmg/master + git checkout -b bug42_meaning_of_life gmg/master -3. Slartibartfast works hard on his changes in the ``issue_42`` +3. Slartibartfast works hard on his changes in the ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch. When done, he wants to notify us that he has made changes he wants us to see. 4. Slartibartfast pushes his changes to his clone (the remote is named ``origin``):: - git push origin issue_42 --set-upstream + git push origin bug42_meaning_of_life --set-upstream 5. Slartibartfast adds a comment to issue 42 with the url for his repository and the name of the branch he put the code in. He also @@ -155,19 +155,19 @@ He runs the unit tests and discovers there's a bug in the code! Then he does this: -1. He checks out the ``issue_42`` branch:: +1. He checks out the ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch:: - git checkout issue_42 + git checkout bug42_meaning_of_life -2. He fixes the bug and checks it into the ``issue_42`` branch. +2. He fixes the bug and checks it into the ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch. 3. He pushes his changes to his clone (the remote is named ``origin``):: - git push origin issue_42 + git push origin bug42_meaning_of_life 4. He adds another comment to issue 42 explaining about the mistake and how he fixed it and that he's pushed the new change to the - ``issue_42`` branch of his publicly available clone. + ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch of his publicly available clone. What happens next @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ request with his changes and explains what they are. Later, someone checks out his code and finds a problem with it. He adds a comment to the issue tracker specifying the problem and asks Slartibartfast to fix it. Slartibartfst goes through the above steps -again, fixes the issue, pushes it to his ``issue_42`` branch and adds +again, fixes the issue, pushes it to his ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch and adds another comment to the issue tracker about how he fixed it. Later, someone checks out his code and is happy with it. Someone @@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ Slartibartfast is notified of this. Slartibartfast does a:: git fetch --all The changes show up in the ``master`` branch of the ``gmg`` remote. -Slartibartfast now deletes his ``issue_42`` branch because he doesn't -need it anymore. +Slartibartfast now deletes his ``bug42_meaning_of_life`` branch +because he doesn't need it anymore. How to learn git |