Code submission from dimgrav/samba to samba-team/samba repository

[Jeremy Allison]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 06:18:19PM +0300, Dimitris Gravanis via samba-technical wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to submit my code for reviewing and potential merging to
> git.samba. I went through the wiki for git patches, but this refers
> to creating patches matched to specified commits. There is a large
> number of commits in my fork (140+), many of which refer to really
> small changes (renames, typos, small additions) and are scattered
> throught the commit history, therefore this will probably not be so
> efficient for reviewing.
> 
> In my fork, I went on and modified existing libcli/dns code (renamed
> and restructured it to fit the new directory tree) and added all of
> my new individual files. There are also some changes in top-level
> waf scripts and libdns.h is replaced with libudp.h in all of the
> existing Samba code that uses this header.
> 
> It would be helpful to know how you think I should submit the new code.

Take a look at how similar large changes have been merged in
the past. Mostly, try and keep everything working whilst
doing the modifications. Start by moving the files, then add
small (some would say micro) commits on top that keep things
working as you fix bugs and introduce new functionality.