From 1c13a71641fa941d4434781b641184631990417d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Baude Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:17:35 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING for main branch We want contributors to submit to the main branch of podman and not branches without maintainer involvement. Signed-off-by: Brent Baude --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 062b45078c..f353dee5d3 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ PRs for new features should include some background on what use cases the new co When possible and when it makes sense, try to break-up larger PRs into smaller ones - it's easier to review smaller code changes. But only if those smaller ones make sense as stand-alone PRs. +Pull requests should be submitted to the main branch of the Podman repository. Bug fixes may be cherry-picked or back-ported +to Podman release branches but must first be merged upstream. Maintainers reserve the right to not accept any pull requests +to any release branches. + Regardless of the type of PR, all PRs should include: * Well-documented code changes, both through comments in the code itself and high-quality commit messages. * Additional tests. Ideally, they should fail w/o your code change applied.