[PATCH] doc:clarify which remotes can be used when contributing
From: Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-19 19:14:45
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Daniele Sassoli <redacted>
The docs mostly point to using git/git as one's remote, however, when it
comes to Sending a PR to GitGitGadget section, the reader is told to use
gitgitgadget/git, with no mention of git/git, potentially leading to
some confusion.
Clarify that both gitgitgadget/git and git/git can be used, albeit with
some differences.
Signed-off-by: Daniele Sassoli <redacted>
---
doc:clarify which remotes can be used when contributing
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2034%2FDanieleSassoli%2Fclarify-remote-to-use-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2034/DanieleSassoli/clarify-remote-to-use-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2034
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
index aca7212cfe2..d014c5c36e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc@@ -908,10 +908,16 @@ Now you should be able to go and check out your newly created branch on GitHub. === Sending a PR to GitGitGadget In order to have your code tested and formatted for review, you need to start by -opening a Pull Request against `gitgitgadget/git`. Head to +opening a Pull Request against either `gitgitgadget/git` or `git/git`, depending +on which mirror you initially cloned from. Head to https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git and open a PR either with the "New pull request" button or the convenient "Compare & pull request" button that may appear with the name of your newly pushed branch. +If you're using https://github.com/git/git as your remote, you will need to +open the pull-request from your fork, selecting `git/git` as base. + +The differences between using `gitgitgadget/git` and `git/git` as your base can +be found [here](https://gitgitgadget.github.io/#should-i-use-gitgitgadget-on-gitgitgadgets-git-fork-or-on-gits-github-mirror) Review the PR's title and description, as they're used by GitGitGadget respectively as the subject and body of the cover letter for your change. Refer
base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0 -- gitgitgadget