Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] MyFirstContribution: add standalone section on cover letter

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Hi Junio,

Le 2022-05-11 à 06:01, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
> "Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> +The body of the cover letter is used to give additional context to reviewers.
>> +Be sure to explain anything your patches don't make clear on their own, but
>> +remember that since the cover letter is not recorded in the commit history,
>> +anything that might be useful to future readers of the repository's history
>> +should be in your commit messages, not in your cover letter.
> 
> I agree with only a half of the last sentence.
> 
> Things that are useful for "git log" readers should be in the commit
> message (but that goes without saying---by definition "git log"
> readers are reading commit messages).  If that material helps to
> understand the overall topic structure by the reviewers, it is not
> wrong to have that _also_ in your cover letter.  IOW, I sense that
> "not in your cover letter" is a bit too strong.

OK, I'll tweak that in a v3.

> 
> Other than that, I found that 1/5 and 2/5 are very nicely written.

Thanks !:)



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