MyFirstContribution: add note on confirming patches
Add a note after the `git send-email` section explaining how contributors can confirm that their patches reached the mailing list by checking https://lore.kernel.org/git/. This helps contributors verify that their emails were successfully delivered. Signed-off-by: Queen Ediri Jessa <qjessa662@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Queen Ediri Jessa committed
Oct 27, 2025 at 12:16 UTC
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Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
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@@ -1153,6 +1153,11 @@ NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to git@vger.kernel.org - but
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please don't send your patchset from the tutorial to the real mailing list! For
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now, you can send it to yourself, to make sure you understand how it will look.
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+NOTE: After sending your patches, you can confirm that they reached the mailing
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+list by visiting https://lore.kernel.org/git/. Use the search bar to find your
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+name or the subject of your patch. If it appears, your email was successfully
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+delivered.
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After you run the command above, you will be presented with an interactive
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prompt for each patch that's about to go out. This gives you one last chance to
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edit or quit sending something (but again, don't edit code this way). Once you