Sugar on a Stick/Documentation SOP

Starting with the upcoming SoaS version (release date: 2010-05-11), a good amount of the related documentation will be created through publican. This SOP describes how to contribute changes to the documentation.

Contributing Content to the Documentation

Checking out the latest Version

Clone the GIT repository with the Sugar on a Stick documentation from GIT by running:

git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/soas-docs/mainline.git soas-docs

Apply your Changes

Edit away! - Try to follow these conventions here.
Bump the edition tag in Book_Info.xml after a major change.
Make sure to explain your change in Revision_History.xml

Create a Patch from your Changes

Create a patch using the following command:

git diff > product-name-change.patch

product reflects the folder you made your change in, so either creation-kit or customization-guide
name references to your personal name to track contributions
change should be a one or two word description of your proposed change

Notify us of your proposed Change

Send an email (with a subject line like this [PATCH] name-of-your-patch) to the SoaS mailing list together with your patch and an explanation of what you changed and why you think the change is necessary. Discussion will happen on list.

After that, your patch will be committed and pushed. At some point, you might also be granted access to the GIT repository so that you can commit changes directly without submitting the patches to the list.