<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> PS: I have no idea how to submit patches. Going to try now *without* "[PATCH]" in the title. </blockquote><div> Here are some steps to create a basic patch with git: 1. git clone URL (clone the repo) 2. make changes (make your changes to the repo files) 3. git diff > yourcode.patch (not necessary, but a quick way to review your changes before committing) 4. git commit -a -m "Commit message." (Commit the changes to your local repo copy) NOTES: a) A commit message should be no more than 78 characters. b) If further explanation is required, the following format should be used: "Commit message here. <blank line here> Further explanation. Each line should be no longer than 78 characters." c) Using 'git commit -a' should open your default text editor 5. git format-patch origin (creates a patch file with header info) NOTE: Make sure to configure git first with git-config or edit ~/.gitconfig manually so the header info is correct 6. git send-email --to "<a href="mailto:wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>" *.patch (send the patch in an email --to "wherever@youwantto") NOTE: You might want to send it to yourself first to make sure it appears as intended. 7. If you need to start over again, do something like this: git reset --hard origin/master git checkout master git clean -fdx git apply /ptah/to/yourcode.patch NOTE: 'git clean -fdx' will wipe any files that are not part of the repo, so don't store important files (patches, scripts, etc.) in the repo directory. 'git apply PATCH' will apply a patch without committing anything, so you're basically at step 3. I am by no means a git expert but hopefully this will help getting started with submitting patches. </div></div> Regards, Scott