On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, Markus Elfring wrote: > > Second the commit log could be more concise as: > > I like your desire for choosing a more appropriate commit message. > > > > Allow defining COCCI as a directory that contains .cocci files. > > I would prefer to concentrate the patch subject on other information. > > > > In general, at least in simple cases, it is not necessary to mention the > > name of the file you are modifying in the comit log, because one can see > > that just below from looking at the diffstat and the patch. > > This view can be reasonable. - How does it fit to the usual requirement > for the specification of a “subsystem” (or “prefix”) according to the > canonical patch format? > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=13b86bc4cd648eae69fdcf3d04b2750c76350053#n656 Huh? I was talking about the log message, not the subject line. Likewise "Allow defining..." was not proposed as a subject line, but as the log message. With that degree of orientation, I think one can look at the code and figure out what the intent is. At least if one knows the meaning of -d. julia
