Documentation: Add warning about "private" changes on Gerrit
Private changes on Gerrit are a tricky beast in that they're well hidden in the UI and a few other places but still reachable under certain circumstances. Change-Id: I1c8c6cccfd023bc1d839dc5d9544204c88f89c7e Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/59229 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
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* When pushing patches that are not for submission, these should be marked
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* When pushing patches that are not for submission, these should be marked
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as such. This can be done in the title ‘[DONOTSUBMIT]’, or can be pushed as
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as such. This can be done in the title ‘[DONOTSUBMIT]’, or can be pushed as
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private changes, so that only explicitly added reviewers will see them. These
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private changes, so that only explicitly added reviewers will see them. These
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sorts of patches are frequently posted as ideas or RFCs for the community
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sorts of patches are frequently posted as ideas or RFCs for the community to
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to look at. To push a private change, use the command:
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look at. Note that private changes can still be fetched from Gerrit by anybody
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who knows their commit ID, so don't use this for sensitive changes. To push
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a private change, use the command:
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git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%private
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git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%private
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* Multiple push options can be combined:
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* Multiple push options can be combined:
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coreboot.org. **Note:** To submit as a private patch, use
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coreboot.org. **Note:** To submit as a private patch, use
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`git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%private`. Submitting as a private patch
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`git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%private`. Submitting as a private patch
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means that your commit will be on review.coreboot.org, but is only visible to
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means that your commit will be on review.coreboot.org, but is only visible to
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yourself and those you add as reviewers.
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yourself and those you add as reviewers. This mode isn't perfect: Somebody who
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knows the commit ID can still fetch the change and everything it refers (e.g.
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parent commits).
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This has been a quick primer on how to submit a change to Gerrit for review
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This has been a quick primer on how to submit a change to Gerrit for review
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using git. You may wish to review the [Gerrit code review workflow
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using git. You may wish to review the [Gerrit code review workflow
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