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Issue 2017373002: Update README a bit and add Contributing info (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git@master
Patch Set: Rename to README.md for Gitiles Created 4 years, 5 months ago
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Index: README.md
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 54%
rename from README
rename to README.md
index 015cf45c195f55f212c93f6a38be14bc76837d7b..6d1baaee03a543888e3e00e31a0ebd841a685735 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-This package contains tools for working with Chromium development.
-
-The "gclient" wrapper knows how to keep this repository updated to
-the latest versions of these tools as found at:
-
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools/+/master/gclient.py
-
-This package contains:
+This package contains tools for working with Chromium development:
chrome-update-create-task.bat
Creates a scheduled task to do an automatic local chromium build every day.
@@ -25,10 +18,38 @@ This package contains:
More info at:
http://code.google.com/p/gclient/
-Note: svn and python will be installed automatically if not accessible (on
-Windows only).
+It updates itself automatically when running `gclient` tool. To disable
+auto update, set the environment variable DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE=0
-To update this distribution manually, run .\update_depot_tools.bat on Windows,
+To update package manually, run .\update_depot_tools.bat on Windows,
or ./update_depot_tools on Linux or Mac.
-To disable automatic updating, set the environment variable DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE=0
+Note: on Windows if svn, git and python are not accessible, they will be
+downloaded too.
+
+
+## Contributing
+
+The "gclient" wrapper knows how to keep this repository updated to
+the latest versions of these tools as found at:
+
+ https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
+
+To contribute change for review:
+
+ git new-branch <somename>
+ git add <yourchanges>
+ git commit
+ # find reviewers
+ git cl owners
+ git log <yourfiles>
+ # upload
+ git cl upload -r reviewer1@chromium.org,reviewer2 --send-mail
+ # open https://codereview.chromium.org/ and send mail
+
+ # if change is approved, flag it to be commited
+ git cl set_commit
+ # if change needs more work
+ git rebase-update
+ ...
+ git cl upload
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