[llvm-dev] How to submit a patch?

[Praveen Velliengiri via llvm-dev]

Thank you, I will try these out :)

On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 02:22, Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 12:54 PM Praveen Velliengiri via llvm-dev
> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I'm new to llvm development and I have basic (beginner level) questions
> regarding the workflow of the llvm project. I want to clarify that the
> following steps is the workflow of the llvm project to prepare and submit a
> patch.
> >
> >  Clone the git repo (master) and create a branch named "test branch".
> >  Make changes to the "test branch" and git fetch all the changes from
> remote origin to local master.
> >  Rebase the "test branch" onto the local master.
> >  Merge the test branch to master then start building and testing the
> master branch.
> >  If nothing breaks, then I can create a diff file by git show HEAD
> -U999999 > mypatch.patch from the "master"
> >  Upload the patch in the differential and submit for review.
> >
>
> This looks ok to me. There's also the directions at:
> https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html
>
> > Am I missing something? If so, please let me know, it will very helpful
> for me to start :) If you have any suggestions I would happy to hear from
> you.
> > LLVM is a fast moving, how often I need to fetch, rebase and build. In
> my machine building takes about 40 minutes is there any efficient way
> around this?
> >
>
> "Recently" is probably just fine, and yeah. LLVM takes a bit to build.
> Depending on platform there are probably some ways to speed it up
> slightly.
>
> -eric
>
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