Re: [EXTERNAL] [edk2-devel] [edk2-rfc] GitHub Pull Request based Code Review Process

["Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud" <samer.el-haj-mahmoud@arm.com>]

I agree with Andrew. I also found Laszlo's "unkempt guide" very useful. In addition, there is a short page by Peter Batard that adds more details on the commits validation, patchset generation, and e-mail submission: https://gist.github.com/pbatard/ec1c9d1dd6e7144b07a09b057b1735a8


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfc@edk2.groups.io <rfc@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Laszlo Ersek
> via groups.io
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:18 AM
> To: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> Cc: Bret Barkelew <Bret.Barkelew@microsoft.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io;
> spbrogan@outlook.com; rfc@edk2.groups.io; Desimone, Nathaniel L
> <nathaniel.l.desimone@intel.com>; Mike Kinney
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Leif Lindholm (Nuvia address)
> <leif@nuviainc.com>
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [edk2-devel] [edk2-rfc] GitHub Pull Request based
> Code Review Process
>
> On 05/25/20 20:28, Andrew Fish wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On May 25, 2020, at 11:10 AM, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >> On 05/25/20 06:09, Andrew Fish wrote:
> >>
> >>> I also found I had to Bing/Google to find the detailed instructions
> >>> I needed as a developer, as the Wiki seems to assume you just know
> >>> the Linux kernel patch process. That feels like an area we can improve.
> >>
> >> (apologies if I've lost context; please disregard my message below in
> >> that case).
> >>
> >> I wrote the following wiki article originally in 2016:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Laszlo's-unkemp
> >> t-git-guide-for-edk2-contributors-and-maintainers
> >>
> >> I wrote it specifically for developers & maintainers with no (or
> >> almost
> >> no) prior git / mailing list experience. Multiple developers
> >> confirmed later that the article had helped them.
> >>
> >
> > Laszlo,
> >
> > Your wiki article was very very helpful. I just could not find it from the
> Tianocre wiki. It would be good if we could link to it from here [1], maybe as
> add to this: "Are you new to using git? If so, then the New to git page may be
> helpful."?
>
> The article at [1] is an official document, while the "unkempt guide" is not
> official. The unkempt guide starts by deferring to [1]. I didn't think the official
> document should point to my unofficial one, and/or we should create a loop
> of links.
>
> That said, if someone else updates [1] with a pointer, I won't protest.
> That's just something that I (having authored the unkempt guide) would not
> propose myself.
>
> I do agree that the wiki search facilities on github are basic. What has mostly
> worked for me is clicking the Pages arrow, and then entering a *very simple*
> search term in the drop-down search box. For example, if I do that now, and
> only enter "git", then the "unkempt guide" is listed (with other hits of
> course). I think this search box is basically for searching article titles.
>
> >
> > There are a lot folks who use git but don't use the email based review so
> they have never setup git with emali before. Your wiki, plus me figuring out
> the magic internal SMTP reflector (I reached out on an internal git malling list)
> is what got me unblocked.
>
> It's great that you have access to such infrastructure at Apple!
>
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
>
>
> >
> > [1]
> > https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Developme
> > nt-Process
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew Fish
> >
> >> Thanks
> >> Laszlo
> >>
> >
>
>
> 

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