[mythtv] How do I submit a fix?

[Karl Dietz]

Hi Steve,

On 24.05.2012 05:30, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/23/2012 10:40 PM, Steve E wrote:
>>
>> I have a solution for a ticket which already exists.
>>
...
>>
>> I've implemented the fix in my view. I've run 'git add' and 'git
>> commit -v', but
>> now the Myth development documentation has left me hanging. What exactly
>> is the next step?
>>
...
>>
>> Please provide me some guidance on how to proceed.
>
> You can use:
>
> git diff origin/master HEAD >
> $HOME/mythtv-10712-use_OCUR_only_with_CableCARD.patch
>
> to create a patch, which you can attach to the ticket. (Assuming you
> made the changes in the master branch.)
>
> Alternatively, you can create a pull request (
> http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/ ), and then add a comment to
> the ticket that references the pull request you've submitted.

I do it like this.
I "git pull" master, then move my changes forward to the latest master
with "git rebase origin" and create patches with "git format-patch
origin"

that allows me to shuffle around my patches with "git rebase -i origin"
and recreate a set of all my patches

Regards,
Karl