MyFirstContribution: mention contrib/contacts/git-contacts
Although we've had this script since 4d06402b1b (contrib: add git-contacts helper, 2013-07-21), we don't mention it in our introductory docs. Do so now. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -1116,6 +1116,15 @@ $ git send-email --to=target@example.com psuh/*.patch
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NOTE: Check `git help send-email` for some other options which you may find
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valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
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+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
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+not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
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+codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
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+NOTE: If you're not sure whom to CC, running `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` can
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+list potential reviewers. In addition, you can do `git send-email
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+--cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch`{contrib-scripts} to
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+automatically pass this list of emails to `send-email`.
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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.