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| author | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2024-02-02 09:46:47 +1000 |
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| committer | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2024-02-02 09:51:31 +1000 |
| commit | 8079a51b7ff8b9b0ebb899c7dafcda7a8ecfb140 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a8d3ae32273ed3d4446d8b3c3acdce7d3612cab | |
| parent | 049beea4c5047e53e83e6d61cef9b4b8fb3e6bce (diff) | |
doc/user: note the requirement to apply for gitlab fork permissions
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/contributing.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/contributing.rst b/doc/user/contributing.rst index 44649e6c..bbcc6f89 100644 --- a/doc/user/contributing.rst +++ b/doc/user/contributing.rst @@ -160,12 +160,17 @@ Any patches should be sent via a Merge Request (see the `GitLab docs in the `libinput GitLab instance hosted by freedesktop.org <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput>`_. +.. note:: freedesktop.org's GitLab instance has restrictions to prevent Spam + and you cannot fork libinput until you have successfully + `applied for fork permissions <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/wikis/home>`_. + Below are the steps required to submit a merge request. They do not replace `learning git <https://git-scm.com/doc>`__ but they should be sufficient to make some of the more confusing steps obvious. - `Register an account <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/users/sign_in>`_ in - the freedesktop.org GitLab instance. + the freedesktop.org GitLab instance and + `apply for fork permissions <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/wikis/home>`_. - `Fork libinput <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/forks/new>`_ into your username's namespace. Select public visibility. - Get libinput's main repository. git will call this repository ``origin``. :: |