.. _submittingpatches:
-How to Get Your Change Into the Linux Kernel or Care And Operation Of Your Linus Torvalds
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+Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel
+============================================================================
For a person or company who wishes to submit a change to the Linux
kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar
and document a sensible set of patches. In general, use of ``git`` will make
your life as a kernel developer easier.
-Creating and Sending your Change
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0) Obtain a current source tree
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-11) Sign your work
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+11) Sign your work — the Developer's Certificate of Origin
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To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can
percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several
git request-pull master git://my.public.tree/linux.git my-signed-tag
-REFERENCES
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+References
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Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
<http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>