Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: process: Capitalize Git, Quilt, and Mercurial consistently

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 12:46:45 EST




On 8/24/26 6:38 AM, 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>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v3:
> - Fixed the un-staged git commit state; the 'git switch' changes are now officially gone from the diff.
> - Disclosure regarding tools: I DID NOT USE ANY KIND OF AI AS AN ASSISTANT IN THIS CONTRIBUTION, the mistake occured because I don't frequently use Git to send patches, I use it to open pull requests so sometimes it feels unfamiliar to migrate.

"occurred", but it's not part of the commit message, so don't
bother correcting it.

> - Is there any mistakes that I'm still having in this patch because everyone make mistakes.
>
> Documentation/process/1.Intro.rst | 2 +-
> Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 18 ++++-----
> Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst | 2 +-
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 10 ++---
> Documentation/process/7.AdvancedTopics.rst | 36 +++++++++---------
> Documentation/process/backporting.rst | 18 ++++-----
> .../process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst | 2 +-
> .../process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst | 38 +++++++++----------
> 8 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

thanks.
--
~Randy