1 ## Process used by committers to review and submit patches
3 1. Make sure that there is an issue for the patch(s) you are about to commit in our [Jira issue tracker](http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT)
5 1. Check out the latest version of the source code
7 * git clone https://github.com/apache/thrift.git thrift
11 * curl https://issues.apache.org/jira/... |git apply --ignore-space-change
15 * curl https://github.com/<GitHub User>/thrift/commit/<Commit ID>.patch |git apply --ignore-space-change
18 1. Inspect the applied patch to ensure that all [Legal aspects on Submission of Contributions (Patches)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html#contributions) are met
20 1. Run the necessary unit tests and cross language test cases to verify the patch
24 git --config user.name "Your Name"
25 git --config user.email "YourApacheID@apache.org"
29 1. The commit message should be in the format:
31 THRIFT-####:<Jira description>
33 Patch: <Name of person contributing the patch>
35 Description of what was fixed or addressed.
37 If this is a github pull request then add below comment to automaticaly close GitHub request,
38 where #NNNN is the PR number:
43 1. Double check the patch committed and that nothing was missed then push the patch
47 git push origin master
50 1. Resolve the jira issue and set the following for the changelog
52 * Component the patch is for
53 * fixVersion to the current version on master