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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You change some code and send it in, you add a cover letter explaining what you did and why. The Linux guy wants you to write more detailed cover letters when you do.

edit: wrote this before reading the article. he actually just wants people to write using active voice instead of passive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Aww, more personalized COMMITMSGs?!...

That's wholesome.