From eea2b36062d104667f940260d1739eff03ea1ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 18:52:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] how to send patches

---
 doc/contribute.mdwn | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contribute.mdwn b/doc/contribute.mdwn
index 5dc3eb5edd..540c1c4b14 100644
--- a/doc/contribute.mdwn
+++ b/doc/contribute.mdwn
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ Help make git-annex better!
   You could work to improve the Android port (Java etc) or improve the
   Javascript and CSS of the git-annex webapp, or work on porting libraries
   needed by the Windows port.
+
+To send patches, either include the patch in a bug report (small patch)
+or put up a branch in a git repository containing your changes.