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[wic,1/2] README.md: add example instruction for sending patches

Message ID 20260608-to-cc-v1-1-a1e3e7462875@cherry.de
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Series README.md: add single git command as example + add Trevor in Cc | expand

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Quentin Schulz June 8, 2026, 10:47 a.m. UTC 
From: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>

Let's actually document how to properly generate patches for wic so the
contributor doesn't have to figure this out on their own.

The git-send-email instruction wasn't tested, I just took it from
meta-perl from meta-openembedded and adapted it.

Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
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 README.md | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@  When sending patches, please make sure the email subject line includes
 "[wic][PATCH]" and follow The Yocto Project community's patch submission
 guidelines.
 
+When generating the patches manually, this will generate what's expected:
+
+   git send-email -M -1 --to yocto-patches@lists.yoctoproject.org --subject-prefix='wic][PATCH'
+
+Nothing, except running `b4 send` to actually send the patches, needs to be done
+when using [b4](https://b4.docs.kernel.org/).
+
 ## Licensing
 
 GPL-2.0-only to match the original OpenEmbedded wic tooling.