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@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +These notes intend to help people working on the checked-out sources. +These requirements do not apply when building from a distribution tarball. + +* First Git checkout + +You can get a copy of the source repository like this: + + $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/mcron + $ cd mcron + +The next step is to get and check other files needed to build, which are +extracted from other source packages: + + $ ./bootstrap + +And there you are! Just + + $ ./configure + $ make + +At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy, and the +Git master copy: + + $ git diff + +should output no difference. + +Enjoy! + +* Submitting patches + +If you develop a fix or a new feature, please send it to the appropriate +bug-reporting address as reported by the --help option of each program. One +way to do this is to use vc-dwim <http://www.gnu.org/software/vc-dwim/>), as +follows. + + Run the command "vc-dwim --help", copy its definition of the + "git-changelog-symlink-init" function into your shell, and then run this + function at the top-level directory of the package. + + Edit the (empty) ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a + properly-formatted entry according to the GNU coding standards + <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html>. + + Make your changes. + + Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output (the diff of all your + changes) looks good. + + Run "vc-dwim --commit". + + Run the command "git format-patch --stdout -1", and email its output in, + using the output's subject line. + +----- + +Copyright © 2002-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> + +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +Local Variables: +mode: outline +fill-column: 78 +End: diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 84cbf23..9972c5c 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ gen-ChangeLog: EXTRA_DIST = \ bootstrap \ build-aux/guix.scm \ + HACKING \ tests/init.sh \ $(TESTS) diff --git a/README--git b/README--git deleted file mode 100644 index 0b24ded..0000000 --- a/README--git +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -GNU mcron --- README--git -*-text-*- - - Copyright (C) 2012, 2014 Dale Mellor - Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Mathieu Lirzin - - Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, - are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright - notice and this notice are preserved. - - -If you have pulled mcron from the GIT repository, these are the steps you will -need to take to build it the first time: - -1) autoreconf -vfi -2) ./configure --prefix={wherever} -3) make install - - -After that it should just be a simple matter of typing `make install' when you -want to build a version with changes in it. |