explain how to ensure no unnecessary deps in patch submissions

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zooko 2011-03-25 20:39:10 +00:00
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Please create a new ticket to track the issue unless your patch is a patch for an issue that is already ticketed. Please create a new ticket to track the issue unless your patch is a patch for an issue that is already ticketed.
Then get a darcs repository which has the current trunk in it. You can do this by running `darcs get --lazy <http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk> pristine`, which makes a new subdirectory of the current directory whose name is `pristine` and which contains a copy of the current trunk.
Then cd into the pristine directory and pull the patch you've written into it (this may require other patches which your patch depends on to come along for the ride—that's okay).
Then run the following darcs commands to generate a darcs patch file named `WHAT.darcs.patch`: Then run the following darcs commands to generate a darcs patch file named `WHAT.darcs.patch`:
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