Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: best practices for using Link trailers

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Wed Jun 26 2024 - 19:13:23 EST


Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 02:07:44PM GMT, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:24:07PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>> > + This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list
>> > + topics, related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads.
>> > + A convenient way to associate ``Link:`` trailers with the commit
>> > + message is to use markdown-like bracketed notation, for example::
>> > ...
>> > + Link: https://lore.kernel.org/some-msgid@here # [1]
>> > + Link: https://bugzilla.example.org/bug/12345 # [2]
>>
>> Why are we adding the extra "# " characters? The vast majority of
>> existing Link tags don't do this:
>
> That's just convention. In general, the hash separates the trailer from the
> comment:
>
> Trailer-name: actual-trailer-body # comment
>

Did we ever come to a conclusion on this? This one character seems to
be the main source of disagreement in this series, I'm wondering if I
should just apply it and let the painting continue thereafter...?

jon