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Re: [PATCH] Fix duplicate word typos

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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2024, 20:04 UTC
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:57:25AM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024, at 11:47, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 12:06:54PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> >> 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
>
> I forgot to mention that “treewide” is used to a decent degree.  :)

Yes, I think in any case we can blame Patrick for setting the convention here ;-).

(For what it's worth, I have occasionally used '*:' in the past, but I don't think it matters so long as we use something to avoid 99.9% of commits being prefixed with an area and having a few odd ones stuck out).

Thanks, Taylor

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Message 7 of 8 in “Fix duplicate word typos”
  1. Fix duplicate word typosSven Strickroth, Oct 19, 2024
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 19, 2024
  3. Patrick SteinhardtOct 21, 2024
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 21, 2024
  5. global: Fix duplicate word typosSven Strickroth, Oct 21, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtOct 22, 2024
  7. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2024
  8. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2024

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