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'''All contributions to QEMU are sent as patches to the qemu-devel [[MailingLists|mailing list]]'''.
All contributions to QEMU are '''sent as patches''' to the qemu-devel [[MailingLists|mailing list]].


'''Send patches inline''' so they are easy to reply to with review comments.  Do not put patches in attachments.
'''Send patches inline''' so they are easy to reply to with review comments.  Do not put patches in attachments.
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* [http://git.qemu.org/qemu.git/plain/HACKING QEMU Coding Guidelines]
* [http://git.qemu.org/qemu.git/plain/HACKING QEMU Coding Guidelines]


'''Split up longer patches into a patch series of logical code changes'''.  Each change should compile and execute successfully.
'''Split up longer patches''' into a patch series of logical code changes.  Each change should compile and execute successfully.

Revision as of 10:00, 6 January 2011

All contributions to QEMU are sent as patches to the qemu-devel mailing list.

Send patches inline so they are easy to reply to with review comments. Do not put patches in attachments.

Patch emails must include a Signed-off-by: line. For more information see SubmittingPatches 1.12.

Make sure to follow the coding style:

Split up longer patches into a patch series of logical code changes. Each change should compile and execute successfully.