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 <[email protected]> > --- > 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.
