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This methodology uses git [http://learn.github.com/p/tagging.html tags] which are simply a way to assign a name to a commit. If you fix a critical bug, or add a major new feature that is needed by the test infrastructure in mozilla-central, you'll want to mirror the fix from https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase to http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central . | This methodology uses git [http://learn.github.com/p/tagging.html tags] which are simply a way to assign a name to a commit. If you fix a critical bug, or add a major new feature that is needed by the test infrastructure in mozilla-central, you'll want to mirror the fix from https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase to http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central . | ||
# Write your patch for mozbase, attach it to your bug, get it reviewed, check it in to master and resolve the bug fixed [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Projects/MozBase#Working_on_MozBase_and_contributing_patches | # Write your patch for [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Projects/MozBase mozbase], attach it to your bug, get it reviewed, check it in to master and resolve the bug fixed [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Projects/MozBase#Working_on_MozBase_and_contributing_patches per the mozbase procedure]. Now it is time to mirror the latest master to m-c. | ||
# Create a new bug called "Mirror mozbase to m-c for xyz" or something like that and add your other bug as a depends on to make it clear why we are mirroring. It is often a good idea to bump the versions on [http://pypi.python.org/pypi pypi] simultaneously with the m-c mirroring. | # Create a new bug called "Mirror mozbase to m-c for xyz" or something like that and add your other bug as a depends on to make it clear why we are mirroring. It is often a good idea to bump the versions on [http://pypi.python.org/pypi pypi] simultaneously with the m-c mirroring. | ||
# Copy the entire (up-to-date) mozbase folder from your git repository to the <i>testing/mozbase</i> directory in m-c. Do not include mozdevice, .git, .gitignore, or versionbump.py | # Copy the entire (up-to-date) mozbase folder from your git repository to the <i>testing/mozbase</i> directory in m-c. Do not include mozdevice, .git, .gitignore, or versionbump.py | ||