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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-11-15 18:37:16 (EST)
committer Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-11-15 18:37:16 (EST)
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@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@
(such as coreboot) require a legal name, and this can be problematic for certain groups of people.
</p>
<p>
- Using your legal name is <b>not</b> required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read <a href='http://geekfeminism.org/2012/09/29/quick-hit-how-git-shows-the-patriarchal-nature-of-the-software-industry/'>this article</a>. You can use a pseudonym (alternative name), or your company name (if you have one), if you want or need to do that. You can also
- submit patches <i>without a name</i>, if you want or need to do that (instructions are provided on this page). Also, read <a href='http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/'>this article</a>. Unfortunately, git appears to be stuck with these problems, when an author changes their name, and we don't have a concrete answer to it.
+ Using your legal name is <strong>not</strong> required when submitting patches to libreboot. For reasons why we have this policy, read <a href='http://geekfeminism.org/2012/09/29/quick-hit-how-git-shows-the-patriarchal-nature-of-the-software-industry/'>this article</a>. You can use a pseudonym (alternative name), or your company name (if you have one), if you want or need to do that. You can also
+ submit patches <em>without a name</em>, if you want or need to do that (instructions are provided on this page). Also, read <a href='http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/'>this article</a>. Unfortunately, git appears to be stuck with these problems, when an author changes their name, and we don't have a concrete answer to it.
As far as we know, publishing your legal name isn't even required for copyright purposes; in fact, &quot;pen&quot; names are commonly used by literary authors.
</p>
<p>
- When submitting any kind of documentation, try not to use the terms him/her, she/he, his/her, or anything that is gender biased. <b>Use their, they, them, those people, that person, and so on.</b> <a href="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/0xabad1dea/8870b192fd1758743f66/raw/a230fa3438ce60c538dba31830fa88143245b719/singularthey.md">You are making a huge difference</a>.
+ When submitting any kind of documentation, try not to use the terms him/her, she/he, his/her, or anything that is gender biased. <strong>Use their, they, them, those people, that person, and so on.</strong> <a href="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/0xabad1dea/8870b192fd1758743f66/raw/a230fa3438ce60c538dba31830fa88143245b719/singularthey.md">You are making a huge difference</a>.
</p>
<p>
- If you're worried about receiving spam, you can supply patches with a non-existent email address; see notes below about <i>noname@libreboot.org</i>; you
+ If you're worried about receiving spam, you can supply patches with a non-existent email address; see notes below about <em>noname@libreboot.org</em>; you
can use this whether providing a name or not. The email address doesn't exist, and will just bounce. We do not require a way to contact you, so
a working email address is not required.
</p>
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@
<?php echo gettext("Generally speaking, using the same license as the file that you are modifying is much simpler."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("If you are submitting new files, please make sure that they are under a free license (<a href='https://copyleft.org/'>copyleft</a> preferred)."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("You can find a list on:"); ?> <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html</a>. NOTE:
- not putting a copyright notice on a work does not mean it lacks copyright. Copyright is <i>automatic</i> in most countries. Not putting a license
- on a work also does not make that work <i>free</i>; you have to declare a free license, otherwise the default, restrictive copyright laws apply for those
+ not putting a copyright notice on a work does not mean it lacks copyright. Copyright is <em>automatic</em> in most countries. Not putting a license
+ on a work also does not make that work <em>free</em>; you have to declare a free license, otherwise the default, restrictive copyright laws apply for those
who wish to do anything with your work. Always put a license on your work!
</p>
<p>
- Small technical note: libreboot is working to convert all documentation to <i>texinfo</i>, where
+ Small technical note: libreboot is working to convert all documentation to <em>texinfo</em>, where
it is currently written in HTML, directly. Therefore, please submit any new documentation under this format, during the transition period.
</p>
<p>
@@ -104,26 +104,26 @@
<h2 id="download"><?php echo gettext("How to download"); ?> <span class="r"><a href="#download">#download</a></span></h2>
<p>
- Libreboot development is facilitated by <i><a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a></i>, a <i>distributed</i> version control system.
+ Libreboot development is facilitated by <em><a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a></em>, a <em>distributed</em> version control system.
You will need to install git (most GNU/Linux distributions package it in their repositories).
</p>
- <h3><?php echo gettext("Coreboot distribution. <i>This also contains the documentation</i>:"); ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php echo gettext("Coreboot distribution. <em>This also contains the documentation</em>:"); ?></h3>
<p>
Use this command, to download the repository:<br/>
- <b>git clone <?php echo $lbFirmwareGitRepoAddress; ?></b><br/>
+ <strong>git clone <?php echo $lbFirmwareGitRepoAddress; ?></strong><br/>
...you can also <a href="<?php echo $lbFirmwareGitwebAddress; ?>">browse this repository on the web</a>
</p>
<p>
- A new directory named <i><b>libreboot</b></i> will have been created, containing libreboot.
+ A new directory named <em><strong>libreboot</strong></em> will have been created, containing libreboot.
</p>
- <h3><?php echo gettext("Website. <i>Documentation is in the other repository</i>:"); ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php echo gettext("Website. <em>Documentation is in the other repository</em>:"); ?></h3>
<p>
Use this command, to download the repository:<br/>
- <b>git clone <?php echo $lbWebsiteGitRepoAddress; ?></b><br/>
+ <strong>git clone <?php echo $lbWebsiteGitRepoAddress; ?></strong><br/>
...you can also <a href="<?php echo $lbWebsiteGitwebAddress; ?>">browse this repository on the web</a>
</p>
<p>
- A new directory named <i><b>libreboot-website</b></i> will have been created, containing the libreboot website files.
+ A new directory named <em><strong>libreboot-website</strong></em> will have been created, containing the libreboot website files.
</p>
<p>
<a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
<div>
<h2 id="contrib"><?php echo gettext("How to use git, for creating patches"); ?> <span class="r"><a href="#contrib">#contrib</a></span></h2>
<p>
- Libreboot development is facilitated by <i>git</i>, a <i>distributed</i> version control system that is in wide use today. Git provides many practical benefits,
+ Libreboot development is facilitated by <em>git</em>, a <em>distributed</em> version control system that is in wide use today. Git provides many practical benefits,
making collective development of software very easy.
</p>
<p>
@@ -142,70 +142,70 @@
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Make sure that you configured git so that your name and email address appear in the commits that you create:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global user.name &quot;Your Name&quot;</b><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global user.email your@emailaddress.com</b><br/>
- <b>NOTE: you do not have to use your legal name; we don't care what name you use. Pseudonyms (alternative names) are OK. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use <i>Libreboot Contributor</i> as your name, and <i>noname@libreboot.org</i> as the email address. <i>We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.</i></b>
+ $ <strong>git config --global user.name &quot;Your Name&quot;</strong><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global user.email your@emailaddress.com</strong><br/>
+ <strong>NOTE: you do not have to use your legal name; we don't care what name you use. Pseudonyms (alternative names) are OK. If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use <em>Libreboot Contributor</em> as your name, and <em>noname@libreboot.org</em> as the email address. <em>We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.</em></strong>
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("The following is also useful:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global core.editor nano</b><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global color.status auto</b><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global color.branch auto</b><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global color.interactive auto</b><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global color.diff auto</b>
+ $ <strong>git config --global core.editor nano</strong><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global color.status auto</strong><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global color.branch auto</strong><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global color.interactive auto</strong><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global color.diff auto</strong>
</p>
<p>
- <b>NOTE: the above steps for colour make git use red/green font colours for showing diffs. If you are red/green colour-blind, please ignore the above steps. The default configuration in git is no-colour (all one colour, usually the default that your terminal uses). If you are colour-blind, git can display in other colours; refer
- to the git documentation.</b>
+ <strong>NOTE: the above steps for colour make git use red/green font colours for showing diffs. If you are red/green colour-blind, please ignore the above steps. The default configuration in git is no-colour (all one colour, usually the default that your terminal uses). If you are colour-blind, git can display in other colours; refer
+ to the git documentation.</strong>
</p>
<p>
- <?php echo gettext("Clone the git repository, and make your desired changes inside the newly created <i>libreboot</i> directory."); ?>
+ <?php echo gettext("Clone the git repository, and make your desired changes inside the newly created <em>libreboot</em> directory."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("You can make one or several commits (as many as you like)."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("Generally speaking, you should create separate commits on top of each other, for each kind of change."); ?>
</p>
<p>
- When working with git, you will need your current working directory to be inside the <i>libreboot</i> directory that was just created.<br/>
- $ <b>cd libreboot/</b>
+ When working with git, you will need your current working directory to be inside the <em>libreboot</em> directory that was just created.<br/>
+ $ <strong>cd libreboot/</strong>
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Once you have made your change(s), you can use this to check the status:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git status</b>
+ $ <strong>git status</strong>
</p>
<p>
- <?php echo gettext("The status command will show any untracked files that you have. Add them using <b>git add path/to/file</b>. You should also add any other files that are listed as modified in the git status. If there are deleted files in the git status, you can use <b>git rm path/to/file</b>. As long as you have added all the untracked files, it is generally easier to use:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git commit -a</b><br/>
- <?php echo gettext("(instead of <b>git commit</b>)"); ?>
+ <?php echo gettext("The status command will show any untracked files that you have. Add them using <strong>git add path/to/file</strong>. You should also add any other files that are listed as modified in the git status. If there are deleted files in the git status, you can use <strong>git rm path/to/file</strong>. As long as you have added all the untracked files, it is generally easier to use:"); ?><br/>
+ $ <strong>git commit -a</strong><br/>
+ <?php echo gettext("(instead of <strong>git commit</strong>)"); ?>
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("If you need to make a change to the current commit, you can do so with:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git commit --amend</b><br/>
+ $ <strong>git commit --amend</strong><br/>
<?php echo gettext("or:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git commit -a --amend</b>
+ $ <strong>git commit -a --amend</strong>
</p>
<p>
- If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add <b><i>--author=&quot;Author's Name &lt;author's email address&gt;&quot;</i></b> at the end. This
+ If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add <strong><em>--author=&quot;Author's Name &lt;author's email address&gt;&quot;</em></strong> at the end. This
could be a pseudonym (alternative name), or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's
- behalf. <b>If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use <i>Libreboot Contributor</i> as your name, and <i>noname@libreboot.org</i> as the email address. <i>We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.</i></b>
+ behalf. <strong>If you wish to be anonymous (no name), you can also use <em>Libreboot Contributor</em> as your name, and <em>noname@libreboot.org</em> as the email address. <em>We will happily accept anonymous contributions in the libreboot project.</em></strong>
</p>
<p>
- Check once more that everything you want is added. Use the <b>git status</b> command to check for untracked changes/files, and adapt accordingly.
- Once you've committed everything, your changes will appear in a <i>diff</i> format, using this command:<br/>
- $ <b>git show</b><br/>
- Use PgUp/PgDown to navigate the diff output. This uses the <i>less</i> utility, so all the features from that (e.g. keyword search) are also available.
+ Check once more that everything you want is added. Use the <strong>git status</strong> command to check for untracked changes/files, and adapt accordingly.
+ Once you've committed everything, your changes will appear in a <em>diff</em> format, using this command:<br/>
+ $ <strong>git show</strong><br/>
+ Use PgUp/PgDown to navigate the diff output. This uses the <em>less</em> utility, so all the features from that (e.g. keyword search) are also available.
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("In your local git tree, you can use this to check your commits:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git log</b>
+ $ <strong>git log</strong>
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Shortened git logs showing the short commit ID and the commit title, plus info about what branch you are on, and where all your remotes/heads are:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git config --global --add alias.lol &quot;log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all&quot;</b><br/>
+ $ <strong>git config --global --add alias.lol &quot;log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all&quot;</strong><br/>
<?php echo gettext("From then on, you can use:"); ?><br/>
- $ <b>git lol</b><br/>
- <?php echo gettext("This is like <b>git log</b>, but it's much better and shows branches, etc."); ?>
+ $ <strong>git lol</strong><br/>
+ <?php echo gettext("This is like <strong>git log</strong>, but it's much better and shows branches, etc."); ?>
</p>
<h3><?php echo gettext("Method 1: host a repository"); ?></h3>
<p>
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
<?php
for ($server=0; $server<count($lbFirmwareBackupGitRepoAddress); $server++) {
?>
- $ <b>git clone <?php echo $lbFirmwareBackupGitRepoAddress[$server]; ?></b>
+ $ <strong>git clone <?php echo $lbFirmwareBackupGitRepoAddress[$server]; ?></strong>
<?php if ($server!=count($lbFirmwareBackupGitRepoAddress)-1) echo "<br/>"; ?>
<?php
}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
<?php
for ($server=0; $server<count($lbWebsiteBackupGitRepoAddress); $server++) {
?>
- $ <b>git clone <?php echo $lbWebsiteBackupGitRepoAddress[$server]; ?></b>
+ $ <strong>git clone <?php echo $lbWebsiteBackupGitRepoAddress[$server]; ?></strong>
<?php if ($server!=count($lbWebsiteBackupGitRepoAddress)-1) echo "<br/>"; ?>
<?php
}