1 <html devsite> 2 <head> 3 <title>Life of a Patch</title> 4 <meta name="project_path" value="/_project.yaml" /> 5 <meta name="book_path" value="/_book.yaml" /> 6 </head> 7 <body> 8 <!-- 9 Copyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project 10 11 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 12 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 13 You may obtain a copy of the License at 14 15 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 16 17 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 18 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 19 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 20 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 21 limitations under the License. 22 --> 23 24 25 <p>The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) uses a web-based code review tool 26 known as <a href="https://android-review.googlesource.com/">Gerrit</a>. 27 The image below is a flowchart that details what happens to 28 a patch, once it's been written. Though it may appear complex, the majority of 29 the steps below are performed in the web application.</p> 30 <p>For full instructions on how to get set up to use gerrit and git, please 31 see the <a href="submit-patches.html">Submitting Patches</a> page.</p> 32 <img src="/images/workflow-0.png" alt="workflow diagram" id="figure1" /> 33 <p class="img-caption"> 34 <strong>Figure 1.</strong> Patch workflow 35 </p> 36 37 </body> 38 </html> 39
