linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into symlink

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Message-ID: <87sel7nhtd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 12:55:10 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] CodingStyle: make Documentation/CodingStyle into
 symlink

Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> writes:

> I never liked cover letters because they don't get captured in
> the commit messages so why bother.

FWIW, if a cover letter contains useful information, I capture it in a
merge commit that brings in the rest.  I think I'm far from the only one
who does that...

jon