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{{Note|[https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/ TortoiseHg] is a GUI for Mercurial and it is especially recommended for users doing their first steps with source code management systems. Linux, macOS, and MS Windows are supported.}} | {{Note|[https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/ TortoiseHg] is a GUI for Mercurial and it is especially recommended for users doing their first steps with source code management systems. Linux, macOS, and MS Windows are supported.}} | ||
== Creating and submitting patches (changesets) == | |||
If you want to share your modifications, for example to fix a nasty '''bug #42424''', you cannot just submit your changes to Octave's main repository. You have to generate a '''patch (or changeset)''' so other Octave developers can include them into Octave's source code. | |||
# Get the latest version of Octave (or some Octave package) <pre>hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave</pre> or when already cloned <pre>hg pull && hg update</pre> | |||
# Make your changes (fix bug #42424) and save them. '''Make sure that your changes don't introduce new bugs!''' Thus it is recommended to [[Building | build Octave]] and to [[Tests | run Octave's test suite]] before proceeding.<br>{{Warning|Please follow the [[Contribution guidelines]] for C/C++ or Octave code files!}} | |||
# Commit your changes <pre>hg commit</pre> Mercurial will open your default editor<ref>To set your default Mercurial editor, read https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/editor .</ref> and ask you for a commit message. Please follow the [[commit message guidelines]], e.g. <syntaxhighlight lang="text">help.m: Display relevant topics first (bug #42424) | |||
* scripts/help/help.m: Describe what you changed to display relevant topics | |||
first. The maximal line width is 80 characters.</syntaxhighlight> | |||
# Export the changes <pre>hg export -r tip -o bug42424.patch</pre> The final patch for submission will look like this {{file|bug42424.patch|<syntaxhighlight lang="diff"># HG changeset patch | |||
# User Awesome Hacker <awesome@hacker.com> | |||
# Date 1591780091 -32400 | |||
# Wed Jun 10 18:08:11 2020 +0100 | |||
# Node ID 68c698c4f2fd98bf2d48234bd1da99e91763114f | |||
# Parent f5c9bb5955e7c9fddef5c3c3f115201e11b43b79 | |||
help.m: Display relevant topics first (bug #42424) | |||