[MERGE] Revised mini-tutorial

Matthew Revell matthew.revell at canonical.com
Wed Oct 3 11:45:59 BST 2007


> Okay, I'll go easy on ya.
>
> BundleBuggy only looks for patches in attachments, not in message
> bodies.  So your patch isn't being shown as a patch in Bundle Buggy.
>
> It's also nice to send merge directives or bundles, because Bundle Buggy
> can track those better (hence the name).  They are also nicer for the
> person who eventually merges your patch, because they preserve metadata.
>
> The patch that you sent looks like it used to be a bundle, but had the
> top stripped off it.  Stripping that metadata loses the advantages
> bundles provide.

Thanks for the advice there. I'll do it the right way in future :)


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