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authorJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>2014-04-03 14:48:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-03 16:21:06 -0700
commit74a475acea49459721ae4b062d3da68c74259009 (patch)
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SubmittingPatches: add style recommendation to use imperative descriptions
Most commit messages use this style, and the recommendation frequently comes up in discussions (especially in response to patches that don't use it), but that recommendation doesn't actually appear anywhere in Documentation. Add this style guideline to SubmittingPatches, using the description from git's SubmittingPatches. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ I.e., the patch (series) and its description should be self-contained.
This benefits both the patch merger(s) and reviewers. Some reviewers
probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch.
+Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. "make xyzzy do frotz"
+instead of "[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz" or "[I] changed xyzzy
+to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change
+its behaviour.
+
If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by
number and URL.