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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
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Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] Documentation: process: Recommend to put Cc: tags after cutter '---' line
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:19:38 +0300
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The recommendation is based on the following rationale:

- it makes the commit messages much cleaner and easy to read, especially
  on the screens of the mobile devices;

- it reduces resources (memory, time, energy) to retrieve all these
  headers, which are barely needed by a mere user, as for automation
  they will be still available via mail archives, such as
  https://lore.kernel.org, assuming the Link: or Message-ID tag is
  provided.

Let's be environment friendly and save the planet!

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst          | 4 ++++
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
index 90a7fe2a85f2..157b3fc0087a 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ for addition without the explicit permission of the person named; using
 Reported-by: is fine most of the time as well, but ask for permission if
 the bug was reported in private.
 
+It's recommended to locate the additional Cc: tags after the cutter '---' line
+in the patches as it makes sure the commit message won't be polluted with them.
+At the same time they will be available via email headers on the mail archives,
+such as https://lore.kernel.org.
 
 Sending the patch
 -----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 6775f0698136..0c898d9e00f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ automatically converted to the Cc: email header and you do not need to
 have an explicit ``Cc:`` tag, if the person is already mentioned by another
 tag.
 
+It's recommended to locate the additional ``Cc:`` tags after the cutter '---' line
+in the patches as it makes sure the commit message won't be polluted with them.
+At the same time they will be available via email headers on the mail archives,
+such as https://lore.kernel.org.
+
 Co-developed-by: states that the patch was co-created by multiple developers;
 it is used to give attribution to co-authors (in addition to the author
 attributed by the From: tag) when several people work on a single patch.  Since
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