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authorJCount2016-09-16 16:00:11 -0400
committerJCount2016-09-16 16:04:45 -0400
commitf989346c0348d9bab091fbb12dc73e3b372aaab2 (patch)
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How-To-PR: both stable & devel in simple commit message
update documentation to show the correct preferred simple commit message format for combined stable and devel version updates
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ To make a new branch and submit it for review, create a GitHub pull request with
6. Make a separate commit for each changed formula with `git add` and `git commit`.
7. Upload your new commits to the branch on your fork with `git push --set-upstream <YOUR_USERNAME> <YOUR_BRANCH_NAME>`.
8. Go to https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core and create a pull request to request review and merging of the commits in your pushed branch. Explain why the change is needed and, if fixing a bug, how to reproduce the bug. Make sure you have done each step in the checklist that appears in your new PR.
- * Please note that our preferred commit message format for simple version updates is "`<FORMULA_NAME> <NEW_VERSION>`", e.g. "`source-highlight 3.1.8`". `devel` version updates should have the commit message suffixed with `(devel)`, e.g. "`nginx 1.9.1 (devel)`". If updating both stable and `devel`, just list the stable (main) version.
+ * Please note that our preferred commit message format for simple version updates is "`<FORMULA_NAME> <NEW_VERSION>`", e.g. "`source-highlight 3.1.8`". `devel` version updates should have the commit message suffixed with `(devel)`, e.g. "`nginx 1.9.1 (devel)`". If updating both stable and `devel`, the format should be a concatenation of these two forms, e.g. "`x264 r2699, r2705 (devel)`".
9. Await feedback or a merge from Homebrew's maintainers. We typically respond to all PRs within a couple days, but it may take up to a week, depending on the maintainers' workload.
10. Thank you!