Re: [PATCH 16/17] sysfs: Provide write method for paravirt

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev
Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 11:03:01 EST


On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 10:52:18AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> You may also want remove the [ ] and use '--' instead:
>
> [PATCH 16/17] -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- sysfs: Provide write method for paravirt
>
> Because if someone were to do a b4 pull it would strip out the text within
> the brackets. Using -- DO NOT APPLY!!! -- instead, would keep it in the
> commit message. And then seeing that in the shortlog would be a really big
> red flag ;-)

Small correction -- it's git itself that strips all content inside [], not b4
specifically.

-K