Re: [PATCH 6/8] SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual

["René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>]

Am 19.12.23 um 09:41 schrieb Josh Soref via GitGitGadget:
> From: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
>
> Some people would expect a cross to be upright, and potentially have
> unequal lengths...

There are lots of types of crosses.  And while looking them up on
Wikipedia I learned today that an x-cross is called "saltire" in
English.  I only knew it as St. Andrew's cross before.

> GitHub uses a white x overlaying a solid red circle to indicate failure.

They call it "x-circle-fill"
(https://primer.github.io/octicons/x-circle-fill-16).

>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index d7a84f59478..8e19c7f82e4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ to your fork of Git on GitHub.  You can monitor the test state of all your
>  branches here: `https://github.com/<Your GitHub handle>/git/actions/workflows/main.yml`
>
>  If a branch did not pass all test cases then it is marked with a red
> -cross. In that case you can click on the failing job and navigate to
> ++x+. In that case you can click on the failing job and navigate to

In the commit message you say the x is white, here it's red, so what is
it?  IIUC the circle is red and the x-cross inside is the same color as
the background, i.e. white in light mode and black in dark mode.  No
idea how to express that in one word.  Perhaps "red circle containing
and x-cross"?

René