linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] gfs2: 4.20 fixes

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Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:07:09 -0600
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     agruenba@...hat.com
Cc:     cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] gfs2: 4.20 fixes

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:00 AM Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> could you please pull the following gfs2 fixes for 4.20?

No.

I'm not pulling this useless commit message:

  "Merge tag 'v4.20-rc1'"

with absolutely _zero_ explanation for why that merge was done.

Guys, stop doing this. Because I will stop pulling them.

If you can't be bothered to explain exactly why you're doing a merge,
I can't be bothered to pull the result.

Commit messages are important. They explain why something was done.
Merge commits are to some degree *more* important, because they do odd
things and the reason is not obvious from the code ("Oh, it's a
oneliner obvious fix").

So merge commits without  a reason for them are simply not acceptable.

                Linus