Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Documentation: process: Clean up grammar, tone,

[Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 09:33:46AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> Nguyen Duc Thinh (5):
> >>   Documentation: process: Clean up grammar, tone, and contractions in
> >>     core files
> >>   Documentation: process: Clean up grammar and tone in next guide files
> >>   Documentation: process: Refine language, tone, and grammar in
> >>     subsequent files
> >>   Documentation: process: Refine language, tone, and grammar in
> >>     subsequent files
> >>   Documentation: process: Clean up grammar and tone across multiple
> >>     files
> > 
> > Output of 'b4 shazam':
> > 
> > ...
> > Applying: Documentation: process: Clean up grammar, tone, and contractions in core files
> > Applying: Documentation: process: Clean up grammar and tone in next guide files
> > Applying: Documentation: process: Refine language, tone, and grammar in subsequent files
> > Applying: Documentation: process: Refine language, tone, and grammar in subsequent files
> > Applying: Documentation: process: Clean up grammar and tone across multiple files
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:72: trailing whitespace.
> >   License (about which more will be said below).  The author is not a
> > warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:244: trailing whitespace.
> > Which is nice, since there is no more insanity in the form of fake-generic
> > warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:261: trailing whitespace.
> >    rare cases, an AI assistant capable of finding a bug is capable of fixing it.
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:262: trailing whitespace.
> >    Fixes written within the same session used to identify the bug will
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:263: trailing whitespace.
> >    generally lead to better and more accurate fixes as the LLM's reasoning
> > /home/user/Projects/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:282: trailing whitespace.
> > - Within two weeks, a representative of this group will communicate the
> > warning: 4 lines add whitespace errors.
> > 
> > Should we handle with whitespace?
> 
> No, the trailing whitespace should be fixed (i.e., deleted)
> and then resend the patches.

Right, I was actually trying to gently point out that the trailing
whitespace should be fixed. ;-)

This should be caught easily by checkpatch.pl, or simply by running
b4 prep --check, I guess. Better run it before sending out next time.

Thanks.