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@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 #+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and Its Incredible Distro
 
-Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
+Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+Copyright © 2015, 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
+Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
 
 See the manual for useful hacking informations, either by running
 
-  info -f doc/guix.info "(guix) Contributing"
+  info -f doc/guix.info "Contributing"
 
 or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Contributing][web copy of the manual]].
 
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@ convenient.  When you deem it necessary, feel free to ask for it on the
 mailing list.  When you get commit access, please make sure to follow the
 policy below (discussions of the policy can take place on guix-devel@gnu.org.)
 
-Non-trivial patches should always be posted to guix-devel@gnu.org (trivial
-patches include fixing typos, etc.)
+Non-trivial patches should always be posted to guix-patches@gnu.org (trivial
+patches include fixing typos, etc.)  This mailing list fills the
+patch-tracking database at [[https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches]]; see
+"Contributing" in the manual for details.
 
 For patches that just add a new package, and a simple one, it’s OK to commit,
 if you’re confident (which means you successfully built it in a chroot setup,
@@ -43,7 +46,16 @@ configure Git to automatically sign commits, run:
   git config commit.gpgsign true
   git config user.signingkey CABBA6EA1DC0FF33
 
-For anything else, please post to guix-devel@gnu.org and leave time for a
+You can prevent yourself from accidentally pushing unsigned commits to
+Savannah by using the pre-push Git hook called located at ‘etc/git/pre-push’:
+
+  cp etc/git/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push
+
+When pushing a commit on behalf of somebody else, please add a Signed-off-by
+line at the end of the commit log message (e.g. with ‘git am --signoff’).
+This improves tracking of who did what.
+
+For anything else, please post to guix-patches@gnu.org and leave time for a
 review, without committing anything.  If you didn’t receive any reply
 after two weeks, and if you’re confident, it’s OK to commit.