[PATCH 5/6] SubmittingPatches: clarify the meaning of "Will queue"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 11, 2026, 19:26 UTC
Message-ID: <20260711192650.2417665-6-gitster@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260711192650.2417665-1-gitster@pobox.com>

Document that "Will queue" contributors get is merely a promise to put the topic in 'seen' and has no other meaning.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 12f9660cef..0a80358703 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ of review.
   branch, in order to make it easier for people to play with it
   without having to pick up and apply the patches to their trees
   themselves.  Being in `seen` has no other meaning.  Specifically, it
-  does not mean the patch was "accepted" in any way.
+  does not mean the patch was "accepted" in any way.  The maintainer
+  may reply with "Will queue" when choosing to add the patches to
+  `seen`, but it does not mean the patch has been "accepted", either.
 
 . When the discussion reaches a consensus that the latest iteration of
   the patches are in good enough shape, the maintainer includes the

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