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Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:43:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: A5otprVY9DGc Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:43:23 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Patrick Steinhardt" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <43cd8c48-c933-4eef-a6c0-970c38885967@app.fastmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] SubmittingPatches: discuss non-ident trailers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 17, 2026, at 09:32, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 10:02:46PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, at 13:35, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: >> >>[snip] >> > >> > Hm, I wonder whether this is a bit too vague to really be helpful f= or a >> > newcomer. Instead of alluding to such trailers, wouldn't it be >> > preferable if we added those as actual examples to the list of known >> > trailers and then tell folks that they can invent their own ones if >> > there is a good reason to do so? >> >> Honestly there are so few non-ident trailers that I don=E2=80=99t thi= nk they can >> be listed as common trailers: >> >> 1. The Git project doesn=E2=80=99t need them (e.g. no bug tracker) >> 2. They seem mostly for use by other projects (bug trackers again) >> >> With this list: >> >> git log --format=3D'%(trailers:only,keyonly)' | sort | uniq >> >> If you filter out the ident-looking ones: >> >> grep -v --extended-regexp -- '-[Bb]y$' >> >> There are few left. And some can be discarded: >> >> =E2=80=A2 Change-Id >> =E2=80=A2 Message-ID >> =E2=80=A2 Fixes (pointing to a commit) >> >> So to address your point: >> >> 1. Maybe this is so niche that it is not worth mentioning; or >> 2. Maybe give a concrete example like `Closes: `? > > Well, we don't use "Closes:" trailers, either. So I'd rather side with > your (1) and just not mention them at all. Yeah, I think this can just be dropped. Thanks.