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Since 2.6.29-rc1, Btrfs has been included in the mainline kernel.
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Kernel module
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The kernel.org git repository is not used for development, only for pull
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requests that go to Linus and for linux-next integration:
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* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git -- pull requests, branch *for-next* gets pulled to the linux-next tree
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The following git repositories are used for development and are updated with
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patches from the mailing list:
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* https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-devel
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* https://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-devel
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Branches are usually pushed to both repositories, either can be used.
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There are:
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* main queue with patches for next development cycle (branch name *misc-next*)
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* queue with patches for current release cycle (the name has the version, e.g. *for-4.15* or *misc-4.15*).
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* topic branches, e.g. from a patchset picked from mailing list
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* snapshots of *for-next*, that contain all of the above (e.g. for-next-20200512)
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Note that the branches get rebased. The base point for patches depend on the
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development phase. See [[Developer%27s_FAQ#Development_schedule]].
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Independent changes can be based on the *linus/master* branch, changes that
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could depend on patches that have been added to one of the queues should use
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that as a base.
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btrfs-progs git repository
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Official repositories
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The sources of the userspace utilities can be obtained from these repositories:
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/btrfs-progs.git (
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/kdave/btrfs-progs.git;a=summary)
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-- release repository, not for development
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The **master** branch contains the latest released version and is never rebased.
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Development git repositories:
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* git://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git (https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs)
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* git://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git (https://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-progs)
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For build dependencies and installation instructions please see
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https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/blob/master/INSTALL
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Development branches
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The latest **development branch** is called **devel**. Contains patches that
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are reviewed or tested and on the way to the next release. When a patch is
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added to the branch, a mail notification is sent as a reply to the patch.
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The git repositories on *kernel.org* are not used for development or
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integration branches.
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Note to GitHub users
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The pull requests will not be accepted directly, the preferred way is to send
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patches to the mailing list instead. You can link to a branch in any git
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repository if the mails do not make it to the mailing list or for convenience.
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The development model of btrfs-progs shares a lot with the kernel model. The
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github.com way is different in some ways. We, the upstream community, expect that
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the patches meet some criteria (often lacking in github.com contributions):
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* proper **subject line**: e.g. prefix with *btrfs-progs: subpart, ...* ,
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descriptive yet not too long
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* proper **changelog**: the changelogs are often missing or lacking
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explanation *why* the change was made, or *how* is something broken,
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*what* are user-visible effects of the bug or the fix, *how* does an
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improvement help or the intended *usecase*
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* the **Signed-off-by** line: this document who authored the change, you can
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read more about the *The Developer's Certificate of Origin*
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`here (chapter 11) <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches>`_]
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* **one logical change** per patch: e.g. not mixing bug fixes, cleanups,
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features etc., sometimes it's not clear and will be usually pointed out
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during reviews
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Administration and support tools
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There is a separate repository of useful scripts for common administrative
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tasks on btrfs. This is at:
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https://github.com/kdave/btrfsmaintenance/
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Patches sent to mailing list
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A convenient interface to get an overview of patches and the related mail
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discussions can be found at
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-btrfs/list/ .
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It is possible to directly apply a patch by pasting the *mbox* link from the
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patch page to the command:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ wget -O - '<nowiki>https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/123456/mbox</nowiki>' | git am -
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You may want to add *--reject*, or decide otherwise what to do with the patch.
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