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diff --git a/README.patches b/README.patches index fda292912..41b237476 100644 --- a/README.patches +++ b/README.patches @@ -287,12 +287,17 @@ should be included at the i) To import contributed stuff to a developer's, a script is provided. This allows an easy import of mbox-based patch emails. - This is done with: + This is done with (called from the root tree directory): ./mailimport <mbox file> For it to work properly, git tools need to be installed on the local machine, since git has a gitimport script that is used by mailimport. + + There's also a helper script to make easier to retrieve patches from + other mercurial repositories. The syntax is: + ./hgimport <URL> + Also, hg has a feature, called mqueue, that allows having several patches that can be applied/unapplied for testing. mailimport trusts on it to work, so, this extension should be enabled for mailimport script to work. |