Linus Torvalds Asks Kernel Developers To Write Better Git Merge Commit Messages - eviltoast

Yesterday when announcing the Linux 6.12-rc2 kernel, Linus Torvalds asked that the kernel maintainers do a better job moving forward with their commit messages.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The documentation on Github is just awful, generally.

      Pretty clear maintainer are devs, with zero tech writing background (which is fine, in business devs rely on tech writers).

      My favorite is how many repos barely describe what something does.