Re: [PATCH] Fix duplicate word typos

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:57:25AM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024, at 11:47, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 12:06:54PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I guess it was an intentional choice to not use an “area” in the commit
> >> message?
> >>
> >> I found this similar patch which used `*` as the area: abcb66c614c (*:
> >> fix typos which duplicate a word, 2021-06-11); review here:
> >>
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cTjjNrU9q8UPm+CRuTKq8_XNc+1z7-3F4bvetBi+NjKeQ@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > I think many projects also use the "global:" prefix to denote changes
> > all over the place. We also do this in Git, even though I should
> > probably say that all patches that do have that prefix are from myself
> > :P In any case, I don't have a strong opinion here.
> >
> > Patrick
>
> I forgot to mention that “treewide” is used to a decent degree.  :)

Yes, I think in any case we can blame Patrick for setting the convention
here ;-).

(For what it's worth, I have occasionally used '*:' in the past, but I
don't think it matters so long as we use something to avoid 99.9% of
commits being prefixed with an area and having a few odd ones stuck
out).

Thanks,
Taylor