From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (pb-smtp20.pobox.com [173.228.157.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A5C614EC73 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712160804; cv=none; b=AUeAYpnJB4/jElWMCiCwjWcVqiCOEowJLWzE6pOkmscPGdZoZ6Iyyh5DQyTDwEIzkQ8mx5uqq7bMWiFCuyBse2i9rleN/e9buih2Q48c8+mQq1mS4dfI5Ce2fNwQUjZQXaGjj0MU57c36C9c9qtUSjHcoN+fodgTUs6E4Pl2ZAE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712160804; c=relaxed/simple; bh=TzBC1fidNI/QO7wbV+O6B1g5eWzf8q0ZWxjvjPd/Jws=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ew3OhsPXpBNRylN/+Ew8K5LDcHEjcRxtPlLyvVnHcJhongYEgiUuDNUTARP0qdiqMze5Qj6dUAAb+as+nSKf5mZy/vRK20Ojdw1+bqX1d+pLUJnDzMpHpe9GC33vhfni9OZUhJcfyVkLeiVkyaQNySaJPAY3RM+OIiERboNdEiQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=JmqoKC0b; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="JmqoKC0b" Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA29B32B4B; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 12:13:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=TzBC1fidNI/Q O7wbV+O6B1g5eWzf8q0ZWxjvjPd/Jws=; b=JmqoKC0bbWHdPmvl6+7axmarY5Zf OJ2iH9qgTSI5Nr52ePj9JmmO7ADw6xa7oTQho1GL+IVMRGvGQ8wCIaYSYdoi9hg0 DufZ7TBdicUNVD7OaynpP5d23SpgfH60+JLUAC/URYXOxNaMYwPMRK35xFQ+XtQm N4r7iEWyuSoPV/4= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2E4B32B4A; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 12:13:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.229.118]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6581532B49; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 12:13:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Matthias =?utf-8?Q?A=C3=9Fhauer?= Cc: Linus Arver via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin , Jonathan Tan , Emily Shaffer , Pablo CHABANNE , Nathan BERBEZIER , Corentin BOMPARD , Matthieu MOY , Linus Arver Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: recommend using contrib/contacts/git-contacts In-Reply-To: ("Matthias =?utf-8?Q?A=C3=9Fhauer=22's?= message of "Wed, 3 Apr 2024 10:42:58 +0200 (CEST)") References: Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:13:17 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 15FDD280-F1D5-11EE-B088-F515D2CDFF5E-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matthias A=C3=9Fhauer writes: > There is already a paragraph about this in > Documentation/SubmittingPatches just a few paragraphs below. > >> Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing >> people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git >> contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to >> identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made >> trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed >> work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibi= lity >> that these people may know the area you are touching well. > > Could we improve the existing paragraph instead of duplicating this > information? Absolutely. I am glad that you were paying attention to the question that triggered this patch ;-) We may want to add to coding guidelines to try avoiding to word wrap a line in the middle of a multi-word phrase. If such a rule were followed, $ git grep git.contacts Documentation would easily had found the existing passage. Thanks.