With DBIx::Class on git now, this is the process for contributing.
-1) Clone the DBIx::Class master branch at ABCDEFGH
+1) Clone the DBIx::Class master branch
+ > git clone dbsrgits@git.shadowcat.co.uk:dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git
2) Do your work on your machine. This is git - everything is local!
-3) When you think you're ready, push it back out to ABCDEFGH as a remote branch.
-4) Notify the other contributors that you're ready to have your branch reviewed.
-5) Another contributor will merge it back into master.
+3) When you think you're ready, push it back out to the origin as a
+ remote branch. See rebasing for what you should do before pushing.
+ > git push origin my-branch
+4) Notify the other contributors that you're ready to have your branch
+ reviewed.
+5) Another contributor will merge it back into master. See rebasing for
+ what you should do before merging.
+
+Rebasing: Please rebase before merging and pushing; we'd rather not have
+commit messages that say, "Oops" and "typo", in master, and furthermore
+fast-forward merges lead to a cleaner history.
Yes, this does mean that DBIx::Class is moving to a formal code review process.
Yes, this does mean that you will never merge your own code to master.