Re: [PATCH] Fix duplicate word typos

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Oct 21, 2024, 09:47 UTC
Message-ID: <ZxYjISSiV-vlE96W@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <e1ee980d-d8d2-4c9c-9a73-ba6af9009ba2@app.fastmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 12:06:54PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

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> Hi
> 
> I guess it was an intentional choice to not use an “area” in the commit
> message?
> 
> I found this similar patch which used `*` as the area: abcb66c614c (*:
> fix typos which duplicate a word, 2021-06-11); review here:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cTjjNrU9q8UPm+CRuTKq8_XNc+1z7-3F4bvetBi+NjKeQ@mail.gmail.com/

I think many projects also use the "global:" prefix to denote changes all over the place. We also do this in Git, even though I should probably say that all patches that do have that prefix are from myself :P In any case, I don't have a strong opinion here.

Patrick