linux-kernel - Re: rfc: rewrite commit subject line for subsystem maintainer preference tool

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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:04:51 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rfc: rewrite commit subject line for subsystem maintainer
 preference tool

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 06:51:17AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:

> Maybe add a new MAINTAINERS section line something like:
> 	"C:	CommitSubjectGrammarStyle"
> where CommitSubjectGrammarStyle is something more
> information rich than "style 1", "style 2".

Something printfish would seem reasonable?

> Also, what would you expect the output to be when a single
> patch modified files from 2 subsystems that use different
> styles?

The traditional thing is "ThingX/ThingY: blah" but as with anything else
you need to be sensible.
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