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Message-ID: <927c40c5-cfd7-4a22-a9c6-7b6f9592e4b0@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:35:18 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] Documentation: process: Recommend to put Cc: tags
after cutter '---' line
On 23/04/2024 15:19, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The recommendation is based on the following rationale:
>
> - it makes the commit messages much cleaner and easy to read, especially
> on the screens of the mobile devices;
>
> - it reduces resources (memory, time, energy) to retrieve all these
> headers, which are barely needed by a mere user, as for automation
> they will be still available via mail archives, such as
> https://lore.kernel.org, assuming the Link: or Message-ID tag is
> provided.
>
> Let's be environment friendly and save the planet!
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 4 ++++
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> index 90a7fe2a85f2..157b3fc0087a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> @@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ for addition without the explicit permission of the person named; using
> Reported-by: is fine most of the time as well, but ask for permission if
> the bug was reported in private.
>
> +It's recommended to locate the additional Cc: tags after the cutter '---' line
> +in the patches as it makes sure the commit message won't be polluted with them.
> +At the same time they will be available via email headers on the mail archives,
> +such as https://lore.kernel.org.
Manually added useful Cc-tags should be kept in commit msg, because it
annotates who could be interested in the patch.
The problem is that people put output of get_maintainers.pl as Cc to the
commit list. This is 100% redundant because it can be recreated any
given time with 100% accuracy (for given kernel tree). Therefore I would
propose to rephrase it to something:
====
It is recommended to not add autogenerated scripts/get_maintainer.pl
CC-entries into the commit msg, but keep them under cutter '---'. There
is no single need to store automated output of get_maintainers.pl in the
git log. It can be easily re-created at any given time, thus its
presence in the git history is redundant and obfuscates the log.
====
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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