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All contributions to QEMU are '''sent as patches''' to the qemu-devel [[MailingLists|mailing list]].  Patch contributions should not be posted on the bug tracker, posted on forums, or externally hosted and linked to.
Moved at https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/devel/submitting-a-patch.html
 
'''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 [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;h=689e2371095cc5dfea9927120009341f369159aa;hb=f6f94e2ab1b33f0082ac22d71f66385a60d8157f#l297 SubmittingPatches 1.12].
 
Make sure to '''follow the coding style''':
* [http://git.qemu.org/qemu.git/plain/CODING_STYLE QEMU Coding Style]
* [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.

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