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Mercurial (hg) is the the main version control system that Mozilla uses, and to submit code for review, you should be able to generate patches or commits. Be sure to run <tt>mach mercurial-setup</tt> when cloning the source code repository -- this will ensure you have good default settings and extensions. | Mercurial (hg) is the the main version control system that Mozilla uses, and to submit code for review, you should be able to generate patches or commits. Be sure to run <tt>mach mercurial-setup</tt> when cloning the source code repository -- this will ensure you have good default settings and extensions. | ||
Instructions for submitting a patch can be found [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/ | Instructions for submitting a patch can be found [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mercurial/Using_Mercurial#How_can_I_generate_a_patch_for_somebody_else_to_check-in_for_me.3F here]. You can also use [http://mozilla-version-control-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/mozreview/commits.html MozReview] which is our more modern way of creating and managing review requests. | ||
After writing the patch, make sure the commit message is of the correct format:<br /> | After writing the patch, make sure the commit message is of the correct format:<br /> | ||