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MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4
authorPatrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:59:42 +0000 (14:59 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:13:28 +0000 (10:13 -0700)
commitefe4ac70647c62152c37f2f247404c9dfd494ed5
tree6d32beab507bb74af76b8eb2fe2592f03eb4bbe7
parent16b2924aab52141bedd6612dfad16280181321c7
MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4

The b4 tool originates from the Linux kernel community and is intended
to help mailing-list based workflows. It automates a lot of the annoying
bookkeeping tasks that contributors typically need to do: tracking the
list of recipients, Message-IDs, range-diffs and the like. In addition
to that, b4 also has many other subcommands that help the maintainer and
reviewers.

The Git project uses the same infrastructure as the kernel, so this tool
is also a very good fit for us. Adapt "MyFirstContribution" to
explicitly recommend its use.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
Documentation/SubmittingPatches