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authorPauli Virtanen <pav@iki.fi>2010-10-18 14:27:39 +0200
committerPauli Virtanen <pav@iki.fi>2010-10-19 00:24:02 +0200
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Making a patch
================
-You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change in NumPy_ - excellent!
+You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change in
+NumPy_ - excellent!
You've worked out a way to fix it - even better!
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ Overview
# make the patch files
git format-patch -M -C master
-Then, send the generated patch files to the `NumPy mailing list`_ - where we will thank you warmly.
+Then, send the generated patch files to the `NumPy mailing list`_ -
+where we will thank you warmly.
In detail
---------
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@ Fork the NumPy_ repository on github_ - :ref:`forking`. Then::
# checkout and refresh master branch from main repo
git checkout master
- git pull origin master
+ git fetch origin
+ git merge --ff-only origin/master
# rename pointer to main repository to 'upstream'
git remote rename origin upstream
# point your repo to default read / write to your fork on github