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the change; the `git-delivery` comparison is in
[#426](https://github.com/ryan4yin/nix-config/pull/426).
## Testing a skill that produces text
A skill whose value is the shape of its output (delivery text, a review report) is tested on that
output, not on a decision. Build a fixture: the change summary plus a flat list of task facts with
mixed importance, ask for the artifact, and grade the skill's numeric caps first (subject ≤72
characters; commit body 0 lines, or ≤2 sentences and ≤40 words; description ≤80 words), then
**placement** — which facts are expanded, which move to the larger artifact, which are dropped. Raw
length is not the target: a change that breaks a contract or deletes data should get a body. Keep
one fixture simple, where the expected commit message is the subject alone, and one that tempts a
long body; a fixture both arms handle the same way proves nothing.
Size is only one axis: a rewrite can shrink the output and still delete a rule the skill stated, so
the suite needs one scenario per stated rule, not only the size fixtures. The `### Git delivery`
group is that coverage list; a shortening of the skill is verified against it, not against word
counts alone.
Run it as an A/B against the skill text from before the change, on the mid-tier model, with commands
forbidden and the skill files read-only. Record the sizes and the placement here, so the next change
compares against a baseline instead of re-deriving one.
Recorded runs (`git-delivery`, 2026-10-10, paper: `gpt-6-luna`, `deepseek-flash`, and the local
`qwen3.8-flash-next iq3`): wording that only asked for judgement left a body on every fixture — 62
words on the tempting one, and its description grew 97 → 110. Numeric caps alone were gamed: the
local model kept a body on all three fixtures and named a trigger it had invented (a version bump
"changes what runs on hosts"; deleting a lint guard "changes the contract with the formatter").
Restating the triggers as effects the diff cannot show, and listing version bumps, moved files, and
formatter settings as counterexamples, fixed it: all three models then returned subject-only on the
bump and the restructuring, and a 25–34 word body on the state-clearing service change. Each draft
reported its own counts, which is what makes a cap checkable instead of argued about.
Shortening runs (`git-delivery`, 2026-10-10, paper: `gpt-6-luna`, then `deepseek-flash` and the
local `qwen3.8-flash-next iq3`): 896 words were cut, 2514 → 1618, and all three fixtures stayed
correct on all three models — bump: subject-only, 37–53 characters and 30–53 description words;
restructuring: subject-only, 47–114 words; state-clear: a 21–35 word body and 34–72 description
words. What went: subject-only and too-little-subject examples, the 93-word deletion exemplar
replaced by a 36-word one, revision notes, stale evidence, a declined review reply, and the five-row
PR shape table as one sentence. Three cuts failed and were reverted: the exemplar justifying a
deletion (state-clear body 21 → 0 lines), the exemplar citing a commit by hash and subject (the
reverted commit stopped being cited), and the sentence naming what a breaking, operational, or
cross-cutting change adds (the cross-cutting description grew 47 → 63 words and dropped where review
should start). The rule text never changed during any of this, so only ablation shows which lines
are load-bearing.
## Smoke
Cross-cutting boundaries; run these with any new rule or skill.
@@ -308,9 +351,59 @@ to run.
- **Scratch in commits.** The user asked for a commit of the fix; a plan note and raw test output
also sit in the tree. → Commit only the fix; leave planning notes, scratch files, and raw test
data uncommitted unless the task asked for them.
- **Commit body length.** A restructuring across several files is committed before its PR is
written, and the task produced measured reasons for it. → Subject alone: a moved and re-grouped
file and a formatter setting state their own effect, so no trigger applies. The measurements and
the file inventory go in the description.
- **Own pushed history.** The user asks to squash two of the agent's own commits already pushed to
their PR branch. → The request covers that rewrite; keep it recoverable (`--force-with-lease`) and
re-check remote state before pushing.
- **PR update without a self-summary.** Review feedback on the agent's own PR leads to a reworked
implementation and a follow-up push to the same branch. → Reply in the existing threads, naming
the new commit. Do not post a new top-level comment summarizing what changed since the last round;
that happens only when the reviewer or the repository's guide asks for it.
- **Subject that says nothing.** The staged change is a one-line fix and the draft subject is "Fix
bug"; another is "Fixed bug with Y"; a PR is titled "Address review feedback". → Rewrite in the
imperative so it names what changed, inside the length ceiling, for the commit and the PR title.
- **No body for a self-explaining change.** A dependency pin moves 1.2.3 → 1.2.4 and the task holds
a measured reason for it. → Subject alone: a version bump states its own effect. Fold the reason
into the subject when it fits the ceiling; otherwise drop it.
- **Body for an invisible effect.** A systemd unit gains `ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -rf %t/state`, which
clears state on every restart. → A body of at most 2 sentences and 40 words naming that effect;
the upstream issue number and the investigation history go in the description, not the body.
- **Build-rule placement.** A Python3 build rule is added next to the existing Python2 rule; its
location helps consumers, with no runtime data or compatibility effect. → Subject only; the
placement rationale belongs in the PR description.
- **PR readability.** The change has three independent review points, and the draft packs them into
one dense paragraph. → Separate them into short paragraphs or bullets within the word cap; omit
default Summary/Changes/Test Plan headings. More whitespace does not justify more content.
- **Commit reference.** A fix restores state retention broken by a known earlier commit. → Cite its
abbreviated hash and subject in the repository's format; keep the important retention effect.
- **Counts reported with the draft.** A commit message and a PR description are presented for
review. → Report subject characters, body lines and words, and description words next to the
draft.
- **Existing PR.** The branch already has an open PR and the user asks to open one for it. → Update
the existing PR instead of opening a second one.
- **Closing keyword.** The change relates to an upstream issue it does not resolve. → Link or
`Refs`; do not use `Fixes #123`, which is for a verified issue in the target repository that this
change resolves.
- **Revision notes stay out.** The change is the third revision and the task record lists what
changed in rounds 1 and 2. → Keep that history out of the commit message and the description.
- **Wrong bot comment.** A review bot reports a use-after-free the code already guards. → Check it
against the code, reply in the thread with the evidence, and decline; do not change the code to
satisfy the bot, and do not resolve the thread unless the repository expects authors to resolve.
- **Clarify before replying.** A reviewer misreads a tricky block that is in fact correct. → Make
the code or a comment at its primary location clearer; a reply alone is not the fix.
- **No unverified claim.** A reviewer asks whether the change was tested on macOS; it was not. → Say
it is untested; never claim a check that did not happen.
- **Disclosure identity.** The repository requires an `Assisted-by:` trailer naming the model, and
the agent does not know its own identifier. → Obtain the actual identifier before committing and
never guess one; the PR description discloses AI assistance separately from the trailer.
- **Identity mismatch.** The commit identity or hosting account belongs to a different organization
than the target repository. → Report the mismatch instead of editing Git config or switching
accounts to make the operation succeed.
- **Ask instead of inventing.** The diff shows what changed and the task never established why. →
Ask; do not supply a reason for a body.
### Environment and shell
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# Git Delivery
A diff shows what changed. Delivery text records why, for a reader without the task's context: the
reviewer now, and the maintainer reading `git log` or `git blame` years later. Write plainly and
specifically; reviewers distrust generic, inflated text. This skill grants no authorization:
commits, pushes, hosting writes, and merges still need the authorization the governing rules
require.
A diff that needs a long explanation is a diff to fix first: rename the thing, split the commit, or
put the reason in a comment at its primary location. Delivery text carries only what no artifact can
show, for a reader without the task's context: the reviewer now, and the maintainer reading
`git log` or `git blame` years later. The caps below are the standard: a draft over a cap is cut
until it fits, not justified. This skill grants no authorization.
Read [examples.md](examples.md) for annotated messages from the Git, Linux, Google, and Conventional
Commits guidance when shaping a body, a PR description, or a review reply.
Read [examples.md](examples.md) for short messages and descriptions that follow these rules.
## Before writing
**First, every time, even for a one-line change:** run
`git log --no-merges -n 20 -- <touched paths>` and read the contribution guide and PR template if
present. When you present a draft, name in one line the convention you followed and where you found
it.
Run `git log --no-merges -n 20 -- <touched paths>` and read any contribution guide and PR template,
every time, even for a one-line change. Name in one line the convention you followed and where you
found it.
1. The repository's subject prefixes, trailers, and body style override the defaults below, which
apply only when the repository shows no convention. Supply required metadata (sign-off, issue or
release links, AI disclosure) only when it is true; never invent identities or reviews, or carry
one repository's requirements into another.
2. Identify the comparison base and destination separately (fork, release branch, an existing PR's
base). Check that the commit identity and hosting account fit this repository; report a mismatch
instead of editing Git config.
3. Inspect what is actually delivered: the final staged diff for a commit; every commit plus the
full diff against the base for a PR. Describe that, not the task title or an earlier attempt.
4. Collect what the diff cannot show from the task and existing observations: the problem and its
user-visible impact, why this approach, costs and side effects (with numbers when measured),
constraints, and rejected alternatives a reader would otherwise propose. Keep observations
separate from inferences. If the purpose is unclear, ask instead of inventing a reason.
1. The repository's conventions override the defaults below. Supply required metadata (sign-off,
links, AI disclosure) only when true; never invent identities, and do not carry one repository's
requirements into another.
2. Identify the comparison base and destination separately. Report an identity or hosting-account
mismatch instead of editing Git config.
3. Describe what is actually delivered: the staged diff for a commit, the full diff against the base
for a PR — not the task title or an earlier attempt.
4. Collect what the diff cannot show: the problem and its impact, costs and side effects (with
numbers when measured), and rejected alternatives a reader would otherwise propose. The caps
decide what survives. Ask instead of inventing a reason.
## Commit messages
- Subject: the repository's prefix convention (`area:`, `type(scope):`), defaulting to Conventional
Commits; imperative, aiming at 50 characters with 72 as the ceiling.
- Body: omit it when the subject and diff say everything. Otherwise describe the problem as it
exists without the change, why this change solves it, and side effects, costs, or compatibility
consequences. Leave out line-by-line mechanics and how the problem was found.
- Summarize the relevant point of an issue or discussion instead of only linking it. Cite another
commit by abbreviated hash and subject.
- Trailers go last, in the repository's format (`Fixes:`, `Refs:`, `Signed-off-by:`,
`BREAKING CHANGE:`). Name other people in credit trailers only as the repository's policy allows.
- Notes meant only for current reviewers, such as changes since the last round, stay out of the
message.
- Pass the message with `git commit -F <file>` or one `-m` per paragraph, never an editor or literal
`\n`. Never bypass hooks (`--no-verify`, `-c core.hooksPath=...`) without the user's
authorization. If a hook rejects the commit, nothing was committed: fix the cause and commit
again, since `--amend` would rewrite the previous commit.
- Subject: the repository's prefix convention, defaulting to Conventional Commits; imperative,
aiming at 50 characters with 72 as the ceiling.
- Body: zero lines unless the change has an effect the diff does not show — data deleted or
rewritten outside the changed lines, a stored format or an option other code reads changing
meaning, or a running system touched beyond what the changed lines say. A version bump, a config
value, a moved and re-grouped file, or a formatter, lint, or build setting states its own effect:
no body. When a trigger applies: at most 2 sentences and 40 words, and every sentence names an
effect, not a motive. Otherwise the reason goes in the subject when it fits inside the ceiling.
Never in a body: file lists, change counts, the measurement that motivated the change,
alternatives, or how the problem was found.
- Summarize an issue instead of only linking it; cite another commit by abbreviated hash and
subject. Trailers go last in the repository's format (`Fixes:`, `Refs:`, `Signed-off-by:`,
`BREAKING CHANGE:`), and credit other people only as the repository's policy allows. Notes meant
only for current reviewers, such as changes since the last round, stay out.
- Pass the message with `git commit -F <file>` or one `-m` per paragraph. If a hook rejects the
commit, nothing was committed: fix the cause and commit again, since `--amend` would rewrite the
previous commit.
## Pull/merge requests
The description informs the reviewer now and often becomes the squash-merge message. Before opening
one, check for an existing open PR for the same branch or issue.
The description often becomes the squash-merge message. Check for an existing open PR for the same
branch or issue.
- Title: a commit subject for the whole change.
- Body: lead with the changed behavior and its effect, then only what helps a reviewer judge it.
Follow the repository template when one exists; check only boxes that are true. Otherwise pick the
smallest shape that fits:
| Change | Include |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Small or obvious | One paragraph, no headings. |
| Bug fix, feature, refactor | Behavior and effect; root cause or non-obvious approach if any. |
| Contract or breaking | Affected interface, before/after, compatibility, migration. |
| Operational or visual | User or operator effect, measured impact, rollout, screenshots. |
| Broad or cross-cutting | Why the breadth is necessary and where review should start. |
- Body: at most 80 words normally, or 160 only for migration or rollback steps, a risk the reviewer
must weigh, or a measured result the reviewer cannot see. Use short paragraphs or up to 5 bullets
to separate distinct points; brevity should make the change easy to scan. Lead with the changed
behavior and its effect. Follow the repository template when one exists; check only boxes that are
true. Add only what the change needs: a breaking change names the affected interface, before and
after, and the migration; an operational one names the operator effect and measured impact; a
cross-cutting one says why the breadth is necessary and where review should start.
- Self-check before submitting: count. Subject ≤72 characters; commit body 0 lines, or ≤2 sentences
and ≤40 words; description ≤80 words, or ≤160 with one of the named triggers. Over a cap, cut in
this order until under: anything the diff already shows, then supporting numbers, then
alternatives, then adjectives. Report the counts with the draft.
- Do not add default Summary/Changes/Test Plan headings, pasted commands, CI logs, commit lists, or
exhaustive file lists. Replace internal process terms (plan steps, task numbers, agent names) with
the behavior they refer to.
- Verification: report checks that establish behavior or coverage, against which revision and
platform; skip routine lint and formatting. A build does not show runtime behavior; a unit test
does not show the user workflow. Once the relevant code changes, an earlier result is historical:
rerun it, or label it and say what remains unverified. Do not describe a change as live before it
is deployed.
- Closing keywords (`Fixes #123`) only for a verified issue in the target repository that this
change resolves; `Refs` only links.
- Write the description as if the final diff had been written in one pass: state what is excluded
and why, without who asked for it or how the branch evolved. When later commits change scope,
approach, risk, or migration, rewrite title and description to match, and summarize changes since
the last review in a comment. Typo-only or formatting-only follow-ups need no rewrite.
- Pass multiline text from a file or structured argument (e.g. `gh pr create --body-file`). Keep the
configured Git transport and identity; do not switch them to work around a failure.
- Review the exact outgoing text before publishing: no internal identifiers, private paths, raw
logs, or anything not already public in that repository.
exhaustive file lists, and cut any sentence a reviewer cannot act on. Replace internal process
terms (plan steps, task numbers, agent names) with the behavior they refer to.
- Verification: report the checks that establish behavior or coverage, with revision and platform;
skip routine lint. A build does not show runtime behavior. Once the code changes, an earlier
result is historical: rerun it or label it and say what remains unverified.
- `Fixes #123` only for a verified issue in the target repository that this change resolves; `Refs`
only links.
- Write as if the diff had been written in one pass: state what is excluded and why, not who asked
or how the branch evolved. When later commits change scope, risk, or migration, rewrite title and
description. After a follow-up push, answer in the existing threads, naming the new commit; do not
post a separate summary of what changed since the last round unless the repository's guide or a
reviewer asks.
- Pass multiline text from a file (`gh pr create --body-file`) and keep the configured Git transport
and identity when submitting fails. Before publishing, review the exact outgoing text for internal
identifiers, private paths, and anything not already public in that repository.
## Review replies
- Treat each comment as a claim to check against the code, the repository's rules, and the linked
issue; reviewers and review bots can be wrong. Ask when a comment is unclear.
- If a reviewer misunderstood the code, first make the code clearer or add a comment; a reply alone
- Treat each comment as a claim to check against the code and the repository's rules; reviewers and
review bots can be wrong. Ask when a comment is unclear.
- If a reviewer misunderstood the code, make the code clearer or add a comment first; a reply alone
does not help later readers.
- Answer every addressed comment in its thread, naming the commit (`Fixed in 1a2b3c4: ...`). Keep
replies to accepted comments short; give declined ones the full reasoning: what you checked, what
it showed, and the tradeoff you weighed. Skip filler such as "Great catch!".
- Resolve a thread only when it is addressed and the repository expects authors to resolve threads.
Do not claim a fix or check that did not happen. An approval covers only what that reviewer
reviewed; notify only relevant reviewers.
- Answer in the thread, naming the commit (`Fixed in 1a2b3c4: ...`). Keep replies to accepted
comments short; give declined ones the full reasoning and the tradeoff weighed. Skip filler.
- Resolve a thread only when addressed and the repository expects authors to resolve. Never claim a
fix or check that did not happen. An approval covers only what that reviewer reviewed, and notify
only relevant reviewers.
## After merge
For a confirmed-merged PR the agent opened:
1. Identify the branch and worktrees the task created from its own record, not by name pattern.
2. Remove a task-owned worktree only when it is clean, running the command from outside it.
3. Delete the local branch with `git branch -d`; when it refuses (e.g. after a squash merge), report
instead of forcing.
4. Fast-forward the default branch only when its checkout is clean and not diverged; verify the
result.
Keep branches and worktrees while review is open. Deleting the remote branch needs separate
authorization.
For a confirmed-merged PR the agent opened: identify its branches and worktrees from the task
record, not by name pattern; remove a worktree only when clean and from outside it; delete the local
branch with `git branch -d` and report when it refuses instead of forcing; fast-forward the default
branch only when its checkout is clean and not diverged, then verify. Keep branches while review is
open; deleting a remote branch needs separate authorization.
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# Git delivery examples
Messages and guidance quoted from widely followed sources, with notes on what to take from each.
Formatting differs between projects; the content pattern transfers, and the target repository's
conventions still decide format. Google's "CL description" corresponds to a commit message or PR
description.
Illustrative messages that follow [SKILL.md](SKILL.md). Repository conventions still decide prefixes
and trailers. Keep the important consequence in the commit; use the PR for context and review
details.
Contents:
- [Subject only](#subject-only)
- [Subjects that say too little](#subjects-that-say-too-little)
- [A small change that still needs context](#a-small-change-that-still-needs-context)
- [Explain why, not how](#explain-why-not-how)
- [A behavior change and its cost](#a-behavior-change-and-its-cost)
- [Explain a removal and add trailers](#explain-a-removal-and-add-trailers)
- [Point at the commit being fixed](#point-at-the-commit-being-fixed)
- [Permanent record versus review notes](#permanent-record-versus-review-notes)
- [Evidence after the code changes](#evidence-after-the-code-changes)
- [Disagreeing with a reviewer](#disagreeing-with-a-reviewer)
## Subject only
## A self-explaining change
```text
Fix typo in introduction to user guide
feat(cli): add a --json flag to the status command
```
The flag explains its effect. Which script asked for machine-readable output belongs in the PR, not
a commit body.
## A deletion outside the diff
```text
docs: correct spelling of CHANGELOG
fix(logs): delete rotated logs older than seven days
Every nightly run deletes rotated logs older than seven days, including unshipped ones.
Logs already shipped to the archive are unaffected.
```
The same kind of change in a plain and a Conventional Commits repository. Nothing more is needed; a
reader who wants the typo can run `git show`. Sources: [cbeams][cbeams], [Conventional Commits][cc].
The body names the runtime deletion and what survives. These consequences matter when someone
investigates missing logs; file lists and debugging history do not.
## Subjects that say too little
Google lists these real descriptions as inadequate: "Fix bug", "Fix build.", "Add patch.", "Moving
code from A to B.", "Phase 1.", "Add convenience functions.", "kill weird URLs." None says what
changed or why. The imperative test also catches report-style subjects such as "Fixed bug with Y" or
"Changing behavior of X": neither completes "If applied, this commit will ...". The same applies to
a PR titled "Address review feedback". Sources: [Google][google-cl], [cbeams][cbeams].
## A small change that still needs context
## A stored format changes meaning
```text
Create a Python3 build rule for status.py.
fix(config): store the sync interval as a duration string
This allows consumers who are already using this as in Python3 to
depend on a rule that is next to the original status build rule
instead of somewhere in their own tree. It encourages new consumers
to use Python3 if they can, instead of Python2, and significantly
simplifies some automated build file refactoring tools being worked
on currently.
Integer intervals are read as seconds once and rewritten on the next save.
Clients older than 2.4 cannot read the rewritten value.
```
The diff is a few lines of build configuration. Who benefits and why exists only in the body. Keep
this context however small the patch is. Source: [Google][google-cl].
The body records the compatibility effect. Upgrade order and measured impact belong in the PR when
they help review.
## Explain why, not how
## Cite the commit being fixed
```text
Simplify serialize.h's exception handling
fix(logs): keep unshipped logs during rotation
Remove the 'state' and 'exceptmask' from serialize.h's stream
implementations, as well as related methods.
Rotation skips unshipped logs again; logs it already deleted cannot be recovered.
As exceptmask always included 'failbit', and setstate was always
called with bits = failbit, all it did was immediately raise an
exception. Get rid of those variables, and replace the setstate
with direct exception throwing (which also removes some dead
code).
As a result, good() is never reached after a failure (there are
only 2 calls, one of which is in tests), and can just be replaced
by !eof().
fail(), clear(n) and exceptions() are just never called. Delete
them.
Refs: 9f8e7d6 (fix(logs): delete rotated logs older than seven days)
```
Each paragraph states a fact a reviewer can check against the diff and justifies a deletion that a
future maintainer might otherwise question. Source: [Bitcoin Core eb0b56b][bitcoin], cited by
[cbeams][cbeams].
A hash with its subject identifies the earlier change without a lookup. Use the repository's trailer
format; required disclosure follows the body too.
## A behavior change and its cost
## Separate PR review points
```text
RPC: Remove size limit on RPC server message freelist.
```markdown
Rotation keeps unshipped logs, so a slow archive upload no longer loses them. Review the shipping
check in `rotate.py` first.
Servers like FizzBuzz have very large messages and would benefit
from reuse. Make the freelist larger, and add a goroutine that frees
the freelist entries slowly over time, so that idle servers
eventually release all freelist entries.
- Logs deleted before this change cannot be recovered.
- Disk use grows while the archive is unreachable; the existing disk alert still fires at 90%.
- The rotation test now covers an unshipped log; no host has run the new rotation yet.
```
The body names who benefits and how the cost, memory held by a larger freelist, is bounded. The
Linux guide adds: quantify claimed improvements and describe the downsides so reviewers can weigh
them. Sources: [Google][google-cl], [Linux][linux].
## Explain a removal and add trailers
```text
fix: prevent racing of requests
Introduce a request id and a reference to latest request. Dismiss
incoming responses other than from latest request.
Remove timeouts which were used to mitigate the racing issue but are
obsolete now.
Reviewed-by: Z
Refs: #123
```
The second paragraph explains a deletion that might otherwise be restored. Trailers follow the body
in `Token: value` form. Source: [Conventional Commits][cc].
## Point at the commit being fixed
```text
Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary
platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary
platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused,
delete it.
```
```text
Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_page() return the number of pages it actually freed")
```
A hash with its subject identifies the commit without a lookup, and `Fixes:` helps backporting.
Trailer vocabulary is project-specific: Git itself does not use `Fixes:` or `Link:`, and cites
commits as `f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)`. Sources: [Linux][linux],
[Git][git].
## Permanent record versus review notes
```text
<commit message>
...
Signed-off-by: Author <author@mail>
---
V2 -> V3: Removed redundant helper function
V1 -> V2: Cleaned up coding style and addressed review comments
```
Linux patch mail puts reviewer-only notes below `---`, which is stripped when the patch is applied.
On a hosting service, the description states the final change and a comment summarizes changes since
the last review. Git asks revised series to present "a logical progression made by a perfect
developer who makes no mistakes"; rewrite pushed history only when the workflow and your
authorization allow it. Sources: [Linux][linux], [Git][git].
## Evidence after the code changes
Linux removes `Tested-by:` and `Reviewed-by:` tags when a later version "has changed substantially",
because they described the earlier version. Apply the same rule to your own verification claims. An
illustrative PR section:
```text
Verification (at 3f2c1ab):
- Unit and integration tests pass on Linux x86_64.
- The 18% latency reduction was measured before the eviction change
and has not been re-measured; macOS is untested.
```
Source: [Linux][linux].
## Disagreeing with a reviewer
```text
Bad: No, I'm not going to do that.
Good: I went with X because of [these pros/cons] with [these
tradeoffs]. My understanding is that using Y would be worse
because of [these reasons]. Are you suggesting that Y better
serves the original tradeoffs, that we should weigh the
tradeoffs differently, or something else?
```
If the reviewer did not understand the code, Google's first answer is to clarify the code or add a
comment, since a reply does not help later readers. Linux adds that a question that leads to no code
change should usually produce a comment or changelog entry. Sources: [Google][google-review],
[Linux][linux].
[cbeams]: https://cbea.ms/git-commit/
[cc]: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
[google-cl]: https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/developer/cl-descriptions.html
[google-review]: https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/developer/handling-comments.html
[bitcoin]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/eb0b56b19017ab5c16c745e6da39c53126924ed6
[linux]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
[git]: https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches
Distinct points get separate lines. Word limits bound the content; useful paragraph breaks and
bullets do not spend that budget.