Re: [GIT PULL] io_uring fix for 6.17-rc5

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 10:24:17AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> Yes, I'm grumpy. I feel like my main job - really my only job - is to
>> try to make sense of pull requests, and that's why I absolutely detest
>> these things that are automatically added and only make my job harder.
>> 
>> I'm cc'ing Konstantin again, because this is a prime example of why
>> that automation HURTS, and he was arguing in favor of that sh*t just
>> last week.
>> 
>> Can we please stop this automated idiocy?
>
> FWIW, Link: trailers are not added by default. The maintainer has to
> deliberately add the -l switch.

It's worth noting that our documentation suggests adding a Git hook to
add Link: tags automatically: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst. 
I suspect a lot of people add such hooks years ago when it was all the
rage and have long since forgotten about them...  Not that I would be
such a person, of course.

It seems we should remove the recommendation?

jon