rust/doc/sending-gcc-patch.md
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This guide explains what to do to send a GCC patch for review.
All the commands are supposed to be run in the folder where you cloned GCC.
```bash
./contrib/gcc-changelog/git_check_commit.py
```
You can provide a specific commit hash:
```bash
./contrib/gcc-changelog/git_check_commit.py abdef78989
```
a range:
```bash
./contrib/gcc-changelog/git_check_commit.py HEAD~2
```
or even a comparison with a remote branch:
```bash
./contrib/gcc-changelog/git_check_commit.py upstream/master..HEAD
```
When there is no more errors, generate the git patch:
```bash
git format-patch -1 `git rev-parse --short HEAD`
```
Then you can run the remaining checks using:
```bash
contrib/check_GNU_style.sh 0001-your-patch.patch
```
When you have no more errors, you can send the `.patch` file to GCC by sending an
email to `gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org` and to the relevant GCC mailing lists
depending on what your patch changes. You can find the list of the mailing lists
[here](https://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html).
You can find more information about "contributing to GCC" [here](https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html).