From 4d200be620fb660b8b0a9c7bdcc15d59716fd156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stack Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:21:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note telling committers setup their git repo before committing --- src/main/docbkx/developer.xml | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml b/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml index e6dc79d45ba..b0491ef15a5 100644 --- a/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml +++ b/src/main/docbkx/developer.xml @@ -1599,8 +1599,17 @@ If a committer wishes to improve an unacceptable patch, then it should first be
Commit -Committers commit patches. +Committers commit patches to the Apache HBase GIT repository. + + Before you commit!!!! + Make sure your local configuration is correct. In particular, your identity + and email. Do $ git config --list. Check what shows as your + user.email and user.name. + See this GitHub article, Set Up Git + if you need pointers. + + When you commit a patch, please: Include the Jira issue id in the commit message, along with a short description of the change and the name of the contributor if it is not you. Be sure to get the issue id right, as this causes Jira to link to the change in Subversion (use the issue's "All" tab to see these).