[GRASS-dev] How to commit changes in git to a release_branch?

[Markus Neteler]

Hi devs,

/me still learning :-)

So, I wanted to fix a user message ("make changelog" related) and I am
not sure if I got it right:

# the setting (directory layout based on Panos' git clone tricks):
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git remote -v
origin    /home/mneteler/software/grass-p2/../grass-p3/master (fetch)
origin    /home/mneteler/software/grass-p2/../grass-p3/master (push)
upstream    git at github.com:OSGeo/grass.git (fetch)
upstream    git at github.com:OSGeo/grass.git (push)

# the modification to be submitted
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git diff
diff --git a/include/Make/Docs.make b/include/Make/Docs.make
index adea0c228..15e9ef189 100644
--- a/include/Make/Docs.make
+++ b/include/Make/Docs.make
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ html2pdfdoccomplete:
        $(call html_pdf vector,v.*.html)

 changelog:
-       @ echo "creating ChangeLog file (following 'master' only)..."
+       @ echo "creating ChangeLog file (following 'releasebranch_7_4' only)..."
        @ # tools/gitlog2changelog.py creates a GNU style ChangeLog file:
        python tools/gitlog2changelog.py

# create feature branch
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git checkout -b changelog_fix_msg_74
M    include/Make/Docs.make
Switched to a new branch 'changelog_fix_msg_74'

# add the changed file
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git add include/Make/Docs.make

# commit
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git commit -m 'make changelog: fix
misleading msg'
[changelog_fix_msg_74 83a3049e6] make changelog: fix misleading msg
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

# push to feature branch
[mneteler at oboe releasebranch_7_4 ]$ git push origin changelog_fix_msg_74
Enumerating objects: 26, done.
Counting objects: 100% (26/26), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (19/19), done.
Writing objects: 100% (19/19), 4.65 KiB | 366.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 19 (delta 13), reused 1 (delta 0)
To /home/mneteler/software/grass-p2/../grass-p3/master
 * [new branch]          changelog_fix_msg_74 -> changelog_fix_msg_74

... and now what?
I hoped to see a open-PR message in the terminal but nothing...

Hints welcome, thanks,

Markus