From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:10:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t0081: modernize the code testing whether a file exists
Message-ID: <xmqqzeweopov.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <9c905a79-22a2-4db2-b434-00ad8a287300@gmail.com>

Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> writes:

> That said, I just wanted to highlight one thing. In the Microproject 
> ideas page[1], we have the following for this specific idea:
>
>    Notes
>
>    - Start small: Pick a test file with just a few instances to convert
>    - Run the test suite after your changes to ensure nothing breaks
>    - Follow Git’s commit message style
>    - Include which command you used to find the instances in your commit
>      message
>
> So, we can't really blame the candidates for including the command in 
> the commit message. It is our mistake asking them to include it in the 
> first place when we don't prefer it to be present there.
>
> I raised a PR to fix that:
>
>    https://github.com/git/git.github.io/pull/875

I do not think your update is taking us in the right direction,
though.  Recommend to have it under three-dash lines instead,
perhaps?