From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] SubmittingPatches: encourage trailer use for substantial help
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:44:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1pedowl2.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <encourage_substantial.8f4@msgid.xyz> (kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com's message of "Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:22:44 +0200")
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
> Let’s replace “If you like” with outright encouragment in this section
"encouragement"?
> At the same, it is important to temper this recommendation to a sign-
> ificant enough contribution; in my experience beginners can be eager
"At the same time"?
It is a bit unusual to see a long word split at the end of a line
to line-wrap in our documentation and commit log messages.
> ---
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 14 +++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
The patch text itself looks great. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 16:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 22:22 [PATCH 0/6] SubmittingPatches: update and flesh out trailer sections kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 1/6] SubmittingPatches: encourage trailer use for substantial help kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-11 16:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 2/6] SubmittingPatches: discuss non-ident trailers kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 3/6] SubmittingPatches: discourage common Linux trailers kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-11 16:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 4/6] SubmittingPatches: document Based-on-patch-by trailer kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-11 16:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 5/6] SubmittingPatches: be consistent with trailer markup kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-10 22:22 ` [PATCH 6/6] SubmittingPatches: note that trailer order matters kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-06-10 22:30 ` Junio C Hamano
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