v01d commented on a change in pull request #1677:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/pull/1677#discussion_r483856080
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File path: Documentation/contributing/making-changes.rst
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@@ -202,6 +202,56 @@ squash before submitting the Pull Request:
$ git checkout my-branch
+#. Fetch the upstream code
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ git fetch upstream
+
+#. Rebase onto the upstream code
+
+ * Your favorite text editor will start and shows the commands for the
interactive rebasing.
+ * Change the "pick" to "squash" for all the commits you want to squash.
+ * For the series of commits to squash, keep the first one with "pick".
+ * Once you save and exist your editor will start again to merge all the
commit messages.
+ * Add a commit message that best describes your change then save and exit.
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ git rebase upstream/master
+
+#. Push to your remote
+
+ This needs to a force push with ``-f``.
Review comment:
Ah, I didn't see the previous git push to the fork, sorry.
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