Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: process: Capitalize Git, Quilt, and Mercurial consistently

[Weijie Yuan]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 05:00:50PM +0700, Nguyen Duc Thinh wrote:
> Update various process documentation files to properly capitalize "Git",
> "Quilt", and "Mercurial" as proper nouns when referring to the source
> management tools themselves.
> 
> Instances explicitly referring to literal command-line invocations
> (such as "git log" or "git bisect") have been left lowercase.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nguyen Duc Thinh <ducthinh100812@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Fixed the extra spaces before ':' in the subject line.

Alright, thanks.

>   - Reverted the accidental 'git switch' changes in submitting-patches.rst to keep the patch logically clean.

Really? But I see that is still here in your patch below.

That said, I suspect that some agents might simply prefer to do such
convenient things without informing the user. If you have used it, it
would be better to take a look at the corresponding policy, btw.

>   - Regarding the scope: I did not fix every single instance across the entire documentation subsystem because the list is very long. I am primarily submitting this patch to gain hands-on experience with the Linux kernel contribution workflow.

Fair enough, welcome.

> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 7ae79452e..b6ca49437 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ automatically include the base tree information in your submission by
>  using the ``--base`` flag. The easiest and most convenient way to use
>  this option is with topical branches::
>  
> -    $ git checkout -t -b my-topical-branch master
> +    $ git switch -t -c my-topical-branch master
>      Branch 'my-topical-branch' set up to track local branch 'master'.
>      Switched to a new branch 'my-topical-branch'
>  
> @@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ notice that it will have the ``base-commit:`` trailer at the very
>  bottom, which provides the reviewer and the CI tools enough information
>  to properly perform ``git am`` without worrying about conflicts::
>  
> -    $ git checkout -b patch-review [base-commit-id]
> +    $ git switch -c patch-review [base-commit-id]
>      Switched to a new branch 'patch-review'
>      $ git am patches.mbox
>      Applying: First Commit
> -- 
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)

Thanks.