Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] MyFirstContribution: add note on confirming patches

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:09:55 -0700

QueenJcloud <[email-masked]> writes:

> Add a note after the `git send-email` section explaining how
> contributors can confirm that their patches reached the mailing
> list by checking https://lore.kernel.org/git/. This helps
> contributors verify that their emails were successfully delivered.
>
> Signed-off-by: QueenJcloud <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
> - Distinctive/correct name to the email
> - Added changelog note after '---'
> - Removed extra blank line at the end of the section
> - No other text or formatting changes

OK.  It is a bit unexpected that you have picked a less name-looking
author identity (it is more common to use some form of your real
name around here, as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches),
but that's OK.

> ---
>  Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc        |  6 ++-
>  ...bution-add-note-on-confirming-patche.patch | 39 ++++++++++++++++
>  ...bution-add-note-on-confirming-patche.patch | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 v2-0001-MyFirstContribution-add-note-on-confirming-patche.patch
>  create mode 100644 v3-0001-MyFirstContribution-add-note-on-confirming-patche.patch

You didn't mean to add these patch files, I strongly suspect ;-)

> diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> index 02ba8ba5f6..95f96b8451 100644
> --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> @@ -1153,11 +1153,15 @@ NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to [email-masked] - but
>  please don't send your patchset from the tutorial to the real mailing list! For
>  now, you can send it to yourself, to make sure you understand how it will look.
>  
> +NOTE: After sending your patches, you can confirm that they reached the mailing
> +list by visiting https://lore.kernel.org/git/. Use the search bar to find your
> +name or the subject of your patch. If it appears, your email was successfully
> +delivered.
> +
>  After you run the command above, you will be presented with an interactive
>  prompt for each patch that's about to go out. This gives you one last chance to
>  edit or quit sending something (but again, don't edit code this way). Once you
>  press `y` or `a` at these prompts your emails will be sent! Congratulations!
> -
>  Awesome, now the community will drop everything and review your changes. (Just
>  kidding - be patient!)

Will queue without these two extra files.  Thanks.