This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); ob_start(); include_once "../common/variables.php"; include_once "../common/functions.php"; ?> <?php echo gettext("Git repositories"); ?>

../docs/tasks.html. There is also a

../docs/maintain/index.html and ../docs/git/index.html."); ?>

#download

This also contains the documentation:"); ?>

git clone
Browse repository via web

Documentation is in the other repository:"); ?>

git clone
Browse repository via web

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General guidelines for submitting patches #guidelines

Using your legal name is not required. For reasons why we have this policy, read this article. You can use an assumed name, or your company name (if you have a company), if you want. Also, read this article. 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, "pen names" are common in literature.

When submitting any kind of documentation, try not to use the terms him/her, she/he, his/her, or anything that is gender biased. Use their, they, them, those people, that person, and so on. You are making a huge difference.

copyleft preferred)."); ?> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html.

Small technical note: libreboot is working to convert all documentation to texinfo, where it is currently written in HTML, directly. Therefore, please submit any new documentation under this format, during the transition period.

Information about maintainers to notify, when submitting patches, can be found on the project maintainers page. Generally speaking, libreboot uses a very informal review method for patches. Most patches are merged, unless they obviously have problems. We recommend submitting them to the libreboot development mailing list, linked to from the home page. There is also an IRC channel.

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#contrib

Libreboot development is facilitated by git, a distributed version control system that is in wide use today. Git provides many practical benefits, making collective development of software very easy.

git documentation describes how to use git. The following notes include simple tips for how to use git, but it is a good idea to get fully acquainted with git."); ?>


$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
$ git config --global user.email your@emailaddress.com
NOTE: you don't have to use your legal name. We don't care what name you use. If you want to be anonymous (no name), you could use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address.


$ git config --global core.editor nano
$ git config --global color.status auto
$ git config --global color.branch auto
$ git config --global color.interactive auto
$ git config --global color.diff auto


$ git status

git add path/to/file. 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 git rm path/to/file. As long as you have added all the untracked files, it is generally easier to use:"); ?>
$ git commit -a
git commit)"); ?>


$ git commit --amend

$ git commit -a --amend

If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add --author="Author's Name <author's email address>" at the end. This could be an assumed name, or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's behalf. If you want to be anonymous (no name), you could use Libreboot Contributor as your name, and noname@libreboot.org as the email address.


$ git log


$ git config --global --add alias.lol "log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all"

$ git lol
git log, but it's much better and shows branches, etc."); ?>

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#gitbackup

$ git clone "; ?>

$ git clone "; ?>

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