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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-16 19:21:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-16 19:21:10 +0200 |
| commit | 2072896468a6de9d94f757fc293fb68b06725e32 (patch) | |
| tree | ccb70d7d2f6355505557f59c5a9b8cdd00d74893 /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | 970732aaabaf7184dc11af27dc0211e9d93c05c6 (diff) | |
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Add some more to the pull request instructions
Branch names and whitespaces.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index c89301d0eb..96db464b52 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ for more information. You can contribute to Erlang/OTP by opening a Pull Request. Make sure you create a new branch for your pull request with `git checkout -b new-branch-name`. +Give the branch a short but descriptive name, like `stdlib/lists-length-fix`. Never do your work directly on `maint` or `master`. ## Fixing a bug @@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ conflicts or include the latest changes. compiled and that it works. * Check for unnecessary whitespace before committing with `git diff --check`. +However, do not fix preexisting whitespace errors in otherwise untouched source lines. Check your coding style: |