ContributingCode wiki updates

[Colin Barrett]

On Oct 28, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Matthew wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 17:27, Colin Barrett <colin at springsandstruts.com 
> > wrote:
>
>> I decided to do this update after getting two or three emails about  
>> patches
>> the past couple weeks about patches and I began to wonder why we  
>> were still
>> instructing people to use .diff files in this glorious new age of  
>> DVCS ;)
>
> I've been encouraged to submit diffs because they are easier to see
> within trac and therefore are more likely to be reviewed. Considering
> that this is the same person (mostly) who has actually reviewed and
> applied the patches I've submitted, I have to admit that I'm inclined
> to continue submitting diffs and wonder if moving away from diffs will
> result in less patches being applied.
>
> I'm happy to do either; I'll do what I can to get the patches reviewed
> and applied. So far my anecdotal evidence suggests that providing
> diffs helps.

If it's a simple .diff, it really makes no difference. However many  
patches require updates to NIBs and currently that requires  
downloading a zip, unzipping it, and applying the patch. Pretty big  
PITA. Furthermore it's pretty simple in the Bitbucket UI to view the  
diff of an particular commit.

Your'e still welcome to submit diffs; it's just not the only way to do  
things.

-Colin