Contribution Processes

Special thanks to Apache Kafka from which most of this documented process was blatantly copied.

Casual Browsing

https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-knox.git

Contributor Workflow

This is the simple workflow and will work well for small features development for people who don't have direct access to check in to the Apache repository. Let's assume you are working on a feature or bug called, KNOX-nnn:

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git config --global user.name "Joe Coder"
git config --global user.email "jcoder@fake.org"

Reviewer Workflow

This assumes you already have a copy of the repository.

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git push origin master

Committer Workflow

If you have commit access on the Apache repository then you will not be applying patches in the manner described in the reviewer workflow. Instead, once your patch has been reviewed you will check it in yourself as follows:

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