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@@ -55,11 +55,44 @@ using a code sharing website.
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Patchwork
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-The Buildroot patch management interface is at
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+Patchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to facilitate
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+the contribution and management of contributions to an open-source
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+project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by
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+the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that
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+reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more
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+information on Patchwork see
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+http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork[].
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+
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+Buildroot's Patchwork website is mainly for use by Buildroot's
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+maintainer to ensure patches aren't missed. The website however,
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+exposes patches and their corresponding review comments in a clean
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+and concise web interface.
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+
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+The Buildroot patch management interface is available at
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http://patchwork.buildroot.org[].
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-All patches and comments sent through the mailing list are
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-automatically indexed in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork].
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+[[apply-patches-patchwork]]
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+Applying Patches from Patchwork
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+The main use of Buildroot's Patchwork website for a developer is for
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+pulling in patches into their local git repository for testing
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+purposes.
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+
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+When browsing patches in the patchwork management interface, an +mbox+
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+link is provided at the top of the page. Copy this link address and
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+run the following commands:
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+
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+---------------------
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+$ git checkout -b <test-branch-name>
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+$ wget -O - <mbox-url> | git am
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+---------------------
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+
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+Another option for applying patches is to create a bundle. A bundle is
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+a set of patches that you can group together using the patchwork
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+interface. Once the bundle is created and the bundle is made public,
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+you can copy the +mbox+ link for the bundle and apply the bundle
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+using the above commands.
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[[bugtracker]]
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Bugtracker
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