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author | cypherpunks <cypherpunks@torproject.org> | 2015-03-06 11:56:57 +0100 |
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committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2015-03-09 09:00:12 -0400 |
commit | 9dc90a5b7bf02bc9a034b57bdbc1588745d00447 (patch) | |
tree | 7f5f546f02b280f40bb1a4c0adc4974787d38227 /doc | |
parent | 4ced3b59aad0fffd653869d486bb0f4b1c26b19f (diff) | |
download | tor-9dc90a5b7bf02bc9a034b57bdbc1588745d00447.tar.gz tor-9dc90a5b7bf02bc9a034b57bdbc1588745d00447.zip |
Add `check-changes` rule for checking formatting of changes files.
Additional fixes to make the change work;
- fix Python 2 vs 3 issues
- fix some PEP 8 warnings
- handle paths with numbers correctly
- mention the make rule in doc/HACKING.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/HACKING | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index 5c71b74bd1..f006bb6164 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ it's a bugfix, mention what bug it fixes and when the bug was introduced. To find out which Git tag the change was introduced in, you can use "git describe --contains <sha1 of commit>". -If at all possible, try to create this file in the same commit where -you are making the change. Please give it a distinctive name that no -other branch will use for the lifetime of your change. +If at all possible, try to create this file in the same commit where you are +making the change. Please give it a distinctive name that no other branch will +use for the lifetime of your change. To verify the format of the changes file, +you can use "make check-changes". When we go to make a release, we will concatenate all the entries in changes to make a draft changelog, and clear the directory. We'll |