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