From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Cc: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>,
Shashank S via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>,
Shashank S <shashu8660@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t0081: modernize the code testing whether a file exists
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:10:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzeweopov.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c905a79-22a2-4db2-b434-00ad8a287300@gmail.com> (Kaartic Sivaraam's message of "Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:13:33 +0530")
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> writes:
> That said, I just wanted to highlight one thing. In the Microproject
> ideas page[1], we have the following for this specific idea:
>
> Notes
>
> - Start small: Pick a test file with just a few instances to convert
> - Run the test suite after your changes to ensure nothing breaks
> - Follow Git’s commit message style
> - Include which command you used to find the instances in your commit
> message
>
> So, we can't really blame the candidates for including the command in
> the commit message. It is our mistake asking them to include it in the
> first place when we don't prefer it to be present there.
>
> I raised a PR to fix that:
>
> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/pull/875
I do not think your update is taking us in the right direction,
though. Recommend to have it under three-dash lines instead,
perhaps?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 7:26 [PATCH] t0081: modernize the code testing whether a file exists Shashank S via GitGitGadget
2026-10-14 9:49 ` Usman Akinyemi
2026-10-14 21:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-15 7:02 ` Shashank S
2026-10-15 11:43 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2026-10-15 17:10 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-10-15 6:51 ` Shashank S
2026-10-15 10:47 ` [PATCH v2] [Outreachy] " Shashank S via GitGitGadget
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