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authorWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-03 13:55:34 +0000
committerWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-03 13:55:34 +0000
commite22642d10ef896da9a08ac07a264f290b28b934c (patch)
treef54f0ac89aba3312e09b6da4fd4fee1ac7676440
parentcd2b40e5b8d5f4ca05ab1ce43a736d406f051119 (diff)
committers-guide: pull request landing tweaks.
Clarify that only closing the pull request resuires a GitHub account. All the other steps can proceed without one. Also, include --push-option=confirm-author in the push because pull requests will have a different author than the committer and this instructs the src pre-commit hooks to allow the commit through. Sponsored by: Netflix
-rw-r--r--documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc4
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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
index f3c63a4943..1767095908 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ When adjusting the message, add `Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd-src/pu
% git checkout main
% git merge --ff-only staging
<test again if needed>
-% git push freebsd
+% git push freebsd --push-option=confirm-author
....
[.procedure]
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ For complicated pull requests that have multiple commits with conflicts, follow
This will also work when bringing branches developed elsewhere into the local tree for committing.
====
Once finished with the pull request, close it using GitHub's web interface.
-If the changes are fetched with https, this last step is the only one requiring a GitHub account.
+It is worth noting that if your `github` origin uses `https://`, the only step you'll need a GitHub account for is closing the pull request.
[[vcs-history]]
== Version Control History