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+<h2 class="contents-heading">Table of Contents</h2>
+
+<div class="contents">
+
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a id="toc-Introduction" href="#Introduction">1 Introduction</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Basics-Usage" href="#Basics-Usage">2 Basics Usage</a>
+ <ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a id="toc-Get-Git" href="#Get-Git">2.1 Get Git</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Cloning-the-source-tree" href="#Cloning-the-source-tree">2.2 Cloning the source tree</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision-1" href="#Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision-1">2.3 Updating the source tree to the latest revision</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Rebasing-your-local-branches" href="#Rebasing-your-local-branches">2.4 Rebasing your local branches</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Adding_002fremoving-files_002fdirectories" href="#Adding_002fremoving-files_002fdirectories">2.5 Adding/removing files/directories</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Showing-modifications" href="#Showing-modifications">2.6 Showing modifications</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Inspecting-the-changelog" href="#Inspecting-the-changelog">2.7 Inspecting the changelog</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Checking-source-tree-status" href="#Checking-source-tree-status">2.8 Checking source tree status</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Committing" href="#Committing">2.9 Committing</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Writing-a-commit-message" href="#Writing-a-commit-message">2.10 Writing a commit message</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Preparing-a-patchset" href="#Preparing-a-patchset">2.11 Preparing a patchset</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Sending-patches-for-review" href="#Sending-patches-for-review">2.12 Sending patches for review</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Renaming_002fmoving_002fcopying-files-or-contents-of-files" href="#Renaming_002fmoving_002fcopying-files-or-contents-of-files">2.13 Renaming/moving/copying files or contents of files</a></li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Git-configuration" href="#Git-configuration">3 Git configuration</a>
+ <ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a id="toc-Personal-Git-installation" href="#Personal-Git-installation">3.1 Personal Git installation</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Repository-configuration" href="#Repository-configuration">3.2 Repository configuration</a></li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-FFmpeg-specific" href="#FFmpeg-specific">4 FFmpeg specific</a>
+ <ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a id="toc-Reverting-broken-commits" href="#Reverting-broken-commits">4.1 Reverting broken commits</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Pushing-changes-to-remote-trees" href="#Pushing-changes-to-remote-trees">4.2 Pushing changes to remote trees</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Finding-a-specific-svn-revision" href="#Finding-a-specific-svn-revision">4.3 Finding a specific svn revision</a></li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-gpg-key-generation" href="#gpg-key-generation">5 gpg key generation</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Pre_002dpush-checklist" href="#Pre_002dpush-checklist">6 Pre-push checklist</a></li>
+ <li><a id="toc-Server-Issues" href="#Server-Issues">7 Server Issues</a></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="Introduction"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">1 Introduction<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Introduction" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Introduction" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<p>This document aims in giving some quick references on a set of useful Git
+commands. You should always use the extensive and detailed documentation
+provided directly by Git:
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git --help
+man git
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>shows you the available subcommands,
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git &lt;command&gt; --help
+man git-&lt;command&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>shows information about the subcommand &lt;command&gt;.
+</p>
+<p>Additional information could be found on the
+<a href="http://gitref.org">Git Reference</a> website.
+</p>
+<p>For more information about the Git project, visit the
+<a href="http://git-scm.com/">Git website</a>.
+</p>
+<p>Consult these resources whenever you have problems, they are quite exhaustive.
+</p>
+<p>What follows now is a basic introduction to Git and some FFmpeg-specific
+guidelines to ease the contribution to the project.
+</p>
+<a name="Basics-Usage"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">2 Basics Usage<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Basics-Usage" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Basics-Usage" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<a name="Get-Git"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.1 Get Git<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Get-Git" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Get-Git" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>You can get Git from <a href="http://git-scm.com/">http://git-scm.com/</a>
+Most distribution and operating system provide a package for it.
+</p>
+
+<a name="Cloning-the-source-tree"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.2 Cloning the source tree<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Cloning-the-source-tree" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Cloning-the-source-tree" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg &lt;target&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>This will put the FFmpeg sources into the directory <var>&lt;target&gt;</var>.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git clone git@source.ffmpeg.org:ffmpeg &lt;target&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>This will put the FFmpeg sources into the directory <var>&lt;target&gt;</var> and let
+you push back your changes to the remote repository.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git clone gil@ffmpeg.org:ffmpeg-web &lt;target&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>This will put the source of the FFmpeg website into the directory
+<var>&lt;target&gt;</var> and let you push back your changes to the remote repository.
+(Note that <var>gil</var> stands for GItoLite and is not a typo of <var>git</var>.)
+</p>
+<p>If you don&rsquo;t have write-access to the ffmpeg-web repository, you can
+create patches after making a read-only ffmpeg-web clone:
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git clone git://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-web &lt;target&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Make sure that you do not have Windows line endings in your checkouts,
+otherwise you may experience spurious compilation failures. One way to
+achieve this is to run
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git config --global core.autocrlf false
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<span id="Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision"></span><a name="Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision-1"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.3 Updating the source tree to the latest revision<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision-1" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision-1" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git pull (--rebase)
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>pulls in the latest changes from the tracked branch. The tracked branch
+can be remote. By default the master branch tracks the branch master in
+the remote origin.
+</p>
+<div class="warning">
+<p><code>--rebase</code> (see below) is recommended.
+</p></div>
+<a name="Rebasing-your-local-branches"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.4 Rebasing your local branches<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Rebasing-your-local-branches" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Rebasing-your-local-branches" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git pull --rebase
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>fetches the changes from the main repository and replays your local commits
+over it. This is required to keep all your local changes at the top of
+FFmpeg&rsquo;s master tree. The master tree will reject pushes with merge commits.
+</p>
+
+<a name="Adding_002fremoving-files_002fdirectories"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.5 Adding/removing files/directories<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Adding_002fremoving-files_002fdirectories" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Adding_002fremoving-files_002fdirectories" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git add [-A] &lt;filename/dirname&gt;
+git rm [-r] &lt;filename/dirname&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Git needs to get notified of all changes you make to your working
+directory that makes files appear or disappear.
+Line moves across files are automatically tracked.
+</p>
+
+<a name="Showing-modifications"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.6 Showing modifications<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Showing-modifications" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Showing-modifications" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git diff &lt;filename(s)&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will show all local modifications in your working directory as unified diff.
+</p>
+
+<a name="Inspecting-the-changelog"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.7 Inspecting the changelog<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Inspecting-the-changelog" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Inspecting-the-changelog" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git log &lt;filename(s)&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>You may also use the graphical tools like <code>gitview</code> or <code>gitk</code>
+or the web interface available at <a href="http://source.ffmpeg.org/">http://source.ffmpeg.org/</a>.
+</p>
+<a name="Checking-source-tree-status"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.8 Checking source tree status<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Checking-source-tree-status" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Checking-source-tree-status" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git status
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>detects all the changes you made and lists what actions will be taken in case
+of a commit (additions, modifications, deletions, etc.).
+</p>
+
+<a name="Committing"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.9 Committing<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Committing" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Committing" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git diff --check
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>to double check your changes before committing them to avoid trouble later
+on. All experienced developers do this on each and every commit, no matter
+how small.
+</p>
+<p>Every one of them has been saved from looking like a fool by this many times.
+It&rsquo;s very easy for stray debug output or cosmetic modifications to slip in,
+please avoid problems through this extra level of scrutiny.
+</p>
+<p>For cosmetics-only commits you should get (almost) empty output from
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git diff -w -b &lt;filename(s)&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Also check the output of
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git status
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>to make sure you don&rsquo;t have untracked files or deletions.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git add [-i|-p|-A] &lt;filenames/dirnames&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Make sure you have told Git your name, email address and GPG key
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git config --global user.name &quot;My Name&quot;
+git config --global user.email my@email.invalid
+git config --global user.signingkey ABCDEF0123245
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Enable signing all commits or use -S
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git config --global commit.gpgsign true
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Use <samp>--global</samp> to set the global configuration for all your Git checkouts.
+</p>
+<p>Git will select the changes to the files for commit. Optionally you can use
+the interactive or the patch mode to select hunk by hunk what should be
+added to the commit.
+</p>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git commit
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Git will commit the selected changes to your current local branch.
+</p>
+<p>You will be prompted for a log message in an editor, which is either
+set in your personal configuration file through
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git config --global core.editor
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>or set by one of the following environment variables:
+<var>GIT_EDITOR</var>, <var>VISUAL</var> or <var>EDITOR</var>.
+</p>
+<a name="Writing-a-commit-message"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.10 Writing a commit message<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Writing-a-commit-message" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Writing-a-commit-message" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>Log messages should be concise but descriptive.
+</p>
+<p>The first line must contain the context, a colon and a very short
+summary of what the commit does. Details can be added, if necessary,
+separated by an empty line. These details should not exceed 60-72 characters
+per line, except when containing code.
+</p>
+<p>Example of a good commit message:
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">avcodec/cbs: add a helper to read extradata within packet side data
+
+Using ff_cbs_read() on the raw buffer will not parse it as extradata,
+resulting in parsing errors for example when handling ISOBMFF avcC.
+This helper works around that.
+</pre></div>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">ptr might be NULL
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>If the summary on the first line is not enough, in the body of the message,
+explain why you made a change, what you did will be obvious from the changes
+themselves most of the time. Saying just &quot;bug fix&quot; or &quot;10l&quot; is bad. Remember
+that people of varying skill levels look at and educate themselves while
+reading through your code. Don&rsquo;t include filenames in log messages except in
+the context, Git provides that information.
+</p>
+<p>If the commit fixes a registered issue, state it in a separate line of the
+body: <code>Fix Trac ticket #42.</code>
+</p>
+<p>The first line will be used to name
+the patch by <code>git format-patch</code>.
+</p>
+<p>Common mistakes for the first line, as seen in <code>git log --oneline</code>
+include: missing context at the beginning; description of what the code did
+before the patch; line too long or wrapped to the second line.
+</p>
+<a name="Preparing-a-patchset"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.11 Preparing a patchset<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Preparing-a-patchset" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Preparing-a-patchset" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git format-patch &lt;commit&gt; [-o directory]
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will generate a set of patches for each commit between <var>&lt;commit&gt;</var> and
+current <var>HEAD</var>. E.g.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git format-patch origin/master
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will generate patches for all commits on current branch which are not
+present in upstream.
+A useful shortcut is also
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git format-patch -n
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>which will generate patches from last <var>n</var> commits.
+By default the patches are created in the current directory.
+</p>
+<a name="Sending-patches-for-review"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.12 Sending patches for review<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Sending-patches-for-review" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Sending-patches-for-review" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git send-email &lt;commit list|directory&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will send the patches created by <code>git format-patch</code> or directly
+generates them. All the email fields can be configured in the global/local
+configuration or overridden by command line.
+Note that this tool must often be installed separately (e.g. <var>git-email</var>
+package on Debian-based distros).
+</p>
+
+<a name="Renaming_002fmoving_002fcopying-files-or-contents-of-files"></a>
+<h3 class="section">2.13 Renaming/moving/copying files or contents of files<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Renaming_002fmoving_002fcopying-files-or-contents-of-files" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Renaming_002fmoving_002fcopying-files-or-contents-of-files" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>Git automatically tracks such changes, making those normal commits.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">mv/cp path/file otherpath/otherfile
+git add [-A] .
+git commit
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<a name="Git-configuration"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">3 Git configuration<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Git-configuration" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Git-configuration" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<p>In order to simplify a few workflows, it is advisable to configure both
+your personal Git installation and your local FFmpeg repository.
+</p>
+<a name="Personal-Git-installation"></a>
+<h3 class="section">3.1 Personal Git installation<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Personal-Git-installation" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Personal-Git-installation" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>Add the following to your <samp>~/.gitconfig</samp> to help <code>git send-email</code>
+and <code>git format-patch</code> detect renames:
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">[diff]
+ renames = copy
+</pre></div>
+
+<a name="Repository-configuration"></a>
+<h3 class="section">3.2 Repository configuration<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Repository-configuration" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Repository-configuration" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>In order to have <code>git send-email</code> automatically send patches
+to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list, add the following stanza
+to <samp>/path/to/ffmpeg/repository/.git/config</samp>:
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">[sendemail]
+ to = ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
+</pre></div>
+
+<a name="FFmpeg-specific"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">4 FFmpeg specific<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#FFmpeg-specific" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-FFmpeg-specific" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<a name="Reverting-broken-commits"></a>
+<h3 class="section">4.1 Reverting broken commits<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Reverting-broken-commits" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Reverting-broken-commits" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git reset &lt;commit&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p><code>git reset</code> will uncommit the changes till <var>&lt;commit&gt;</var> rewriting
+the current branch history.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git commit --amend
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>allows one to amend the last commit details quickly.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git rebase -i origin/master
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will replay local commits over the main repository allowing to edit, merge
+or remove some of them in the process.
+</p>
+<div class="info">
+<p><code>git reset</code>, <code>git commit --amend</code> and <code>git rebase</code>
+rewrite history, so you should use them ONLY on your local or topic branches.
+The main repository will reject those changes.
+</p></div>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git revert &lt;commit&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p><code>git revert</code> will generate a revert commit. This will not make the
+faulty commit disappear from the history.
+</p>
+<a name="Pushing-changes-to-remote-trees"></a>
+<h3 class="section">4.2 Pushing changes to remote trees<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Pushing-changes-to-remote-trees" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Pushing-changes-to-remote-trees" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git push origin master --dry-run
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Will simulate a push of the local master branch to the default remote
+(<var>origin</var>). And list which branches and ranges or commits would have been
+pushed.
+Git will prevent you from pushing changes if the local and remote trees are
+out of sync. Refer to <a href="#Updating-the-source-tree-to-the-latest-revision">Updating the source tree to the latest revision</a>.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git remote add &lt;name&gt; &lt;url&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Will add additional remote with a name reference, it is useful if you want
+to push your local branch for review on a remote host.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git push &lt;remote&gt; &lt;refspec&gt;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>Will push the changes to the <var>&lt;remote&gt;</var> repository.
+Omitting <var>&lt;refspec&gt;</var> makes <code>git push</code> update all the remote
+branches matching the local ones.
+</p>
+<a name="Finding-a-specific-svn-revision"></a>
+<h3 class="section">4.3 Finding a specific svn revision<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Finding-a-specific-svn-revision" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Finding-a-specific-svn-revision" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
+
+<p>Since version 1.7.1 Git supports &lsquo;<samp>:/foo</samp>&rsquo; syntax for specifying commits
+based on a regular expression. see man gitrevisions
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git show :/'as revision 23456'
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>will show the svn changeset &lsquo;<samp>r23456</samp>&rsquo;. With older Git versions searching in
+the <code>git log</code> output is the easiest option (especially if a pager with
+search capabilities is used).
+</p>
+<p>This commit can be checked out with
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git checkout -b svn_23456 :/'as revision 23456'
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>or for Git &lt; 1.7.1 with
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">git checkout -b svn_23456 $SHA1
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>where <var>$SHA1</var> is the commit hash from the <code>git log</code> output.
+</p>
+
+<a name="gpg-key-generation"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">5 gpg key generation<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#gpg-key-generation" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-gpg-key-generation" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<p>If you have no gpg key yet, we recommend that you create a ed25519 based key as it
+is small, fast and secure. Especially it results in small signatures in git.
+</p>
+<div class="example">
+<pre class="example">gpg --default-new-key-algo &quot;ed25519/cert,sign+cv25519/encr&quot; --quick-generate-key &quot;human@server.com&quot;
+</pre></div>
+
+<p>When generating a key, make sure the email specified matches the email used in git as some sites like
+github consider mismatches a reason to declare such commits unverified. After generating a key you
+can add it to the MAINTAINER file and upload it to a keyserver.
+</p>
+<a name="Pre_002dpush-checklist"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">6 Pre-push checklist<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Pre_002dpush-checklist" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Pre_002dpush-checklist" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<p>Once you have a set of commits that you feel are ready for pushing,
+work through the following checklist to doublecheck everything is in
+proper order. This list tries to be exhaustive. In case you are just
+pushing a typo in a comment, some of the steps may be unnecessary.
+Apply your common sense, but if in doubt, err on the side of caution.
+</p>
+<p>First, make sure that the commits and branches you are going to push
+match what you want pushed and that nothing is missing, extraneous or
+wrong. You can see what will be pushed by running the git push command
+with <samp>--dry-run</samp> first. And then inspecting the commits listed with
+<code>git log -p 1234567..987654</code>. The <code>git status</code> command
+may help in finding local changes that have been forgotten to be added.
+</p>
+<p>Next let the code pass through a full run of our test suite.
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li> <code>make distclean</code>
+</li><li> <code>/path/to/ffmpeg/configure</code>
+</li><li> <code>make fate</code>
+</li><li> if fate fails due to missing samples run <code>make fate-rsync</code> and retry
+</li></ul>
+
+<p>Make sure all your changes have been checked before pushing them, the
+test suite only checks against regressions and that only to some extend. It does
+obviously not check newly added features/code to be working unless you have
+added a test for that (which is recommended).
+</p>
+<p>Also note that every single commit should pass the test suite, not just
+the result of a series of patches.
+</p>
+<p>Once everything passed, push the changes to your public ffmpeg clone and post a
+merge request to ffmpeg-devel. You can also push them directly but this is not
+recommended.
+</p>
+<a name="Server-Issues"></a>
+<h2 class="chapter">7 Server Issues<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Server-Issues" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Server-Issues" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
+
+<p>Contact the project admins at <a href="mailto:root@ffmpeg.org">root@ffmpeg.org</a> if you have technical
+problems with the Git server.
+</p> <p style="font-size: small;">
+ This document was generated using <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"><em>makeinfo</em></a>.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+ </body>
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