CannedResponses: trim your quote
Junio C Hamano committed
Jun 10, 2026 at 06:18 UTC
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@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ have on list, so we should give something to prepare them by setting
the stage and stating the objective first, before going into how the
patch solved it.
+
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+[trim your quote]
+
+Please do not force your readers scroll through huge quoted material
+to find your comments, when your comments do not address anything
+there. Trim your quote and leave enough context to understand the
+discussion. See Documentation/ReviewingGuidelines.adoc, which says
+
+- If a patch is long, you are encouraged to delete parts of it that are
+ unrelated to your review from the email reply. Make sure to leave enough
+ context for readers to understand your comments!
+
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[polish your history before sending]