From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@xxxxxxxxx> Contributors using Gitgitgadget continue to send single-commit PRs with their commit message text duplicated below the three-dash line, increasing the signal-to-noise ratio for reviewers. This is because Gitgitgadget copies the pull request description as an in-patch commentary, for single-commit PRs, and _GitHub_ defaults to prefilling the pull request description with the commit message, for single-commit PRs (followed by the content of the pull request template). Add a note in the pull request template mentioning that for single-commit PRs, the PR description should thus be kept empty, in the hope that contributors read it and act on it. This partly addresses: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget/issues/340 Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@xxxxxxxxx> --- .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: add a note about single-commit PRs Changes since v1: * simplified the wording as suggested by Junio Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1665%2Fphil-blain%2Fempty-description-single-commit-prs-v2 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1665/phil-blain/empty-description-single-commit-prs-v2 Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1665 Range-diff vs v1: 1: 4786f84884a ! 1: f719e11b1df .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: add a note about single-commit PRs @@ .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: a mailing list (git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) for code bug reports. Nevertheless, you can use GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/) to conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list. -+If you use Gitgitgadget for a single-commit pull request, please *leave the pull -+request description empty*: your commit message itself should describe your -+changes. ++For a single-commit pull request, please *leave the pull request description ++empty*: your commit message itself should describe your changes. + Please read the "guidelines for contributing" linked above! .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md index 952c7c3a2aa..37654cdfd7a 100644 --- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md +++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md @@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ a mailing list (git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) for code submissions, code reviews, and bug reports. Nevertheless, you can use GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/) to conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list. +For a single-commit pull request, please *leave the pull request description +empty*: your commit message itself should describe your changes. + Please read the "guidelines for contributing" linked above! base-commit: bc7ee2e5e16f0d1e710ef8fab3db59ab11f2bbe7 -- gitgitgadget