Re: [PATCH] - Fix org-fast-tag-selection

[Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>]

Noorul Islam Kamal Malmiyoda <noorul@noorul.com> writes:

> Not necessary this time.

Okay, thanks.

I amended http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html to explain why
patches made with `git format-patch' are always preferred, even small
patches.

I'm less and less using Patchwork as a way to apply patches, because I
find commit messages to be sometimes messy that way.

Instead, I have local folders with patches I want to apply/review/etc.
I patch Org using `git apply' when I want to test, `git am' when I want
to commit a properly formatted patch.

It means that for each patch that doesn't have a ChangeLog, I have to 
(1) add it myself and (2) manually use git commit --author="<author>"
to have the correct author displayed.

To summarize, whether the patch is *small or big* is not the right
criterium to decide whether a simple `git diff' is acceptable -- it's
more about whether the patch is sent for testing purpose first, or
whether it is considered applicable as such.

Thanks!

-- 
 Bastien