[llvm] [Docs] [Developer Policy] Document best practice of not tagging a username in commit messages and PR descriptions (PR #164328)

David Justo via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Oct 21 09:12:08 PDT 2025


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@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ Below are some guidelines about the format of the message itself:
   message self-explanatory. Note that such non-public links should not be
   included in the submitted code.
 
+* Avoid 'tagging' someone's username in your commits and PR descriptions
+  (e.g. `@<someUser>`), doing so results in that account receiving an email
+  every time the commit is cherry-picked and to a fork.
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davidmrdavid wrote:

ah, yes. That was a typo. It should read: "[...] the commit is cherry-picked and/or pushed to a fork".

Fixed here: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/164328/commits/f8cdebc13140f79853f749199b0e0da93d362f42

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/164328


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