Re: [PATCH] kbuild: fix grammar in output Makefile .gitignore generation comment

From: Nathan Chancellor

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 21:40:25 EST


Hi,

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 08:24:32PM +0530, Im7CK wrote:
> Fixed grammar in the comment describing the generation of the output
> Makefile and .gitignore file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mebecool1 <computergod47@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Makefile | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 66654fa71..13236b460 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ ifdef building_out_of_srctree
> # outputmakefile generates a Makefile in the output directory, if using a
> # separate output directory. This allows convenient use of make in the
> # output directory.
> -# At the same time when output Makefile generated, generate .gitignore to
> -# ignore whole output directory
> +# At the same time as the output Makefile is generated, generate .gitignore to
> +# ignore the whole output directory.
>

Your email client mangled this patch, it cannot be applied. Please read

https://docs.kernel.org/process/email-clients.html

for some information on clients and git send-email or consider using

https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/contributor/overview.html

to use 'b4 prep' and 'b4 send' to properly handle some of that in a more
user-friendly manner. An example of that workflow (use the kbuild tree
as the base though: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git/):

https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2093#issuecomment-2932754317

Additionally, you need to signoff your patch with a proper name, as
neither Im7CK or Mebecool1 are a "known identity" per

https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin

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Cheers,
Nathan