Lessons from torvalds/GitHub commits discussion

To save folks some time, here's the summarized version of what commit-formatting Linus actually wants (for the kernel anyway):<p><a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5663733" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56637...</a> <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5663780" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56637...</a>

I still don't understand what the problem is.<p>Is it that github doesn't enforce a commit message standard? Or is it that github doesn't allow you to follow a commit message standard such as what Linus uses?<p>Does git itself enforce a standard, for that matter?<p>What exactly is the deficiency in github?

It's more than formatting-- it's also identity verification, for example using email addresses and/or digital signatures.

It really sucks because this was not even a 1/3 of the points made in the discussion but the comments were getting deleted on an epic scale.

Nice summary, though the tone of the discussion is a bit tense.

Crocker's rules might be useful in this case...<p><a href="http://www.sl4.org/crocker.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sl4.org/crocker.html</a>

The <i>real</i> lesson is: there are more important things to care about in life.