@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ that is fine, but please mark it as such.
176176[[send-patches]]
177177=== Sending your patches.
178178
179+ :security-ml: footnoteref:[security-ml,The Git Security mailing list: git-security@googlegroups.com]
180+
181+ Before sending any patches, please note that patches that may be
182+ security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
183+ mailing list{security-ml}, instead of the public mailing list.
184+
179185Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
180186are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
181187your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime
@@ -259,17 +265,24 @@ patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
259265that starts with `-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----`. That is
260266not a text/plain, it's something else.
261267
268+ :security-ml-ref: footnoteref:[security-ml]
269+
270+ As mentioned at the beginning of the section, patches that may be
271+ security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
272+ mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
273+ Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
274+
262275Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
263276people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
264277contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
265278identify them), to solicit comments and reviews.
266279
267- :1 : footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
268- :2 : footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
280+ :current-maintainer : footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
281+ :git-ml : footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
269282
270283After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
271- patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{1 } and "cc:" the
272- list{2 } for inclusion.
284+ patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{current-maintainer } and "cc:" the
285+ list{git-ml } for inclusion.
273286
274287Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
275288`Tested-by:` lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
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