On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 3:10 PM Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/23/24 14:00, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 2:46 PM Quentin Schulz <foss+kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > >> Cc: Quentin Schulz <foss+kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > You may use the --cc option to `git send-email` instead of polluting > > commit messages, or move this after the '---' cutter line. > > The whole point is that my SoB and authorship is from my professional > mail address which is likely to change over time, the Cc is my personal > one for development. Basically, in the event that I change my employer, > I would still be reachable at that Cc address without having to modify > the .mailmap after the fact (which won't make it to an earlier version > of the kernel for example). Some maintainers don't really like this, > some don't mind, we'll see in which category the IIO maintainer(s) fall > in :) (I don't mind either way just to be clear). My point is that Cc and other similar (non-real-tags) stuff is polluting commit messages. It means that this will be copied to the Git index to all kernel git repositories in the world from now and then, This is at bare minimum makes additional burden on git log (and parsing and so on) and moreover, wastes resources becoming less environment friendly (no jokes). Using --cc or moving to the behind the commit message will keep email copied with cleaner commit messages. Yet, all email tags are available in lore archive (lore.kernel.org). Please, really reconsider the commit messages content in the Linux kernel project and elsewhere, it will help to make the world more friendly. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
