Despite being a generated file, HACKING has been tracked in
the git repository along with actual source files. As far as
I'm aware, it's the only generated file for which that happens.
Times and times again, people[1] have committed changes to
the source file without refreshing the generated copy at the
same time.
The rationale for tracking the generated file is to help out
people who just cloned the git repository looking to contribue;
however, README-hacking already contains enough information to
get perspective contributors to a place where they can simply
look at docs/hacking.html instead.
[1] Mostly me, to be honest
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
The use of 'git send-email' is described in detail in the
contributor guidelines (docs/hacking.html), which are
mentioned in docs/contribute.html, the non-local version
of which is in turn mentioned in README.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
The current README file contents has almost no useful info, and that
which does exist is very outdated.
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
