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@@ -5,18 +5,29 @@ Code Reviews with Phabricator
.. contents::
:local:
-If you prefer to use a web user interface for code reviews,
-you can now submit your patches for Clang and LLVM at
-`LLVM's Phabricator`_.
+If you prefer to use a web user interface for code reviews, you can now submit
+your patches for Clang and LLVM at `LLVM's Phabricator`_ instance.
+
+While Phabricator is a useful tool for some, the relevant -commits mailing list
+is the system of record for all LLVM code review. The mailing list should be
+added as a subscriber on all reviews, and Phabricator users should be prepared
+to respond to free-form comments in mail sent to the commits list.
Sign up
-------
+To get started with Phabricator, navigate to `http://reviews.llvm.org`_ and
+click the power icon in the top right. You can register with a GitHub account,
+a Google account, or you can create your own profile.
+
+Make *sure* that the email address registered with Phabricator is subscribed
+to the relevant -commits mailing list. If your are not subscribed to the commit
+list, all mail sent by Phabricator on your behalf will be held for moderation.
+
Note that if you use your Subversion user name as Phabricator user name,
Phabricator will automatically connect your submits to your Phabricator user in
the `Code Repository Browser`_.
-
Requesting a review via the command line
----------------------------------------
@@ -90,6 +101,15 @@ a change from Phabricator.
Committing a change
-------------------
+Arcanist can manage the commit transparently. It will retrieve the description,
+reviewers, the ``Differential Revision``, etc from the review and commit it to the repository.
+
+::
+
+ arc patch D<Revision>
+ arc commit --revision D<Revision>
+
+
When committing an LLVM change that has been reviewed using
Phabricator, the convention is for the commit message to end with the
line:
@@ -113,6 +133,7 @@ Status
Please let us know whether you like it and what could be improved!
.. _LLVM's Phabricator: http://reviews.llvm.org
+.. _`http://reviews.llvm.org`: http://reviews.llvm.org
.. _Code Repository Browser: http://reviews.llvm.org/diffusion/
.. _Arcanist Quick Start: http://www.phabricator.com/docs/phabricator/article/Arcanist_Quick_Start.html
.. _Arcanist User Guide: http://www.phabricator.com/docs/phabricator/article/Arcanist_User_Guide.html