From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A79445D188; Wed, 7 Oct 2026 08:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791363130; cv=none; b=O+EWduRoDtbkavMYJhL2vyts4Ou2bqkoCKwgSyBWPoVF0ol9UW1HGEB5JL1HTBYmZkCPXvOc2WR5fZBwegk2xT3tvO6Fy8vdvRWgvjq9D0MSurlSIju/AqFd+h97rmkBOVcC2nplXernwr3TjNZPMOrqVNUAM4/2hG68DKCGy7A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791363130; c=relaxed/simple; bh=qfKx8kVgUoZSdHy+qHZUw0wNX3pyueJqPOUZRCeJy58=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=sjjlZdORE1NyI2x1h0hW1Te6lkxYhGCw8svtf6cNLqogIUwndkEcumeM9Jncrpq7z9X1ilEhnmmevtFDMjLWYdICPD4Z03CMMPRnuHVwNgRpqDztyVAL48F8/b8awL84RzJc5iw1hScRqeCPquaLABlnaXLv/02g3wqdepv3t4c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=My4a+2Jv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="My4a+2Jv" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 81E9F1F0089B; Wed, 7 Oct 2026 08:52:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1791363129; bh=2IzwT/l0Lzn0mFWdIM+oQZhTsq5+DhNcbTaJhC3I8TY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=My4a+2JvUPoDyESLa0Os6NTAJXhnmqhg1DoX8qYsCq2NSE8YP5bfXRSG3SK0U+RPA 6D94l2quta4uz20fCy1en6a5lHyZq1AxTEldMhB9HeODOjti1wo9XRQdLROLvSR2RU 9+LJ2Ti193QxpGrCUAT/5SdfEHHdeDFSB5wactNKVYoILGZZDZ5QY2vXOZS6zVNGv/ CdeoBR6Sm6jmtrj12CV0Z7m3e78Kjo2DLNi1INdYqi939Ssbma3cl0EZtwr1/NqNbI nFUgXAq3bVatbnAP8pdlkrpbpBmmu2sFmPaKgv8x+SUKwotZX+XImUeCrl8sFx+nIj JRjgL7pLaoRwA== Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 04:52:05 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Antheas Kapenekakis Cc: corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, rdunlap@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "kees@kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: add AGENTS.md as a symlink to README Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 06:10:42PM +0200, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote: >The kernel forces you to have a local version file, otherwise it adds >a .test wart. At least on Fedora. So there is precedent for requiring >the user to create a file to disable some default behavior. > >Similarly, you swap this series into a two parter. > >The first patch gitignores agents.md. > >The second patch adds a phony rule to the makefile that symlinks >agents.md to the coding assistants rst or similar if it does not >exist. People that do not want that, like me, touch that file. Not to >the current readme, please. Be reasonable. Yes the coding assistants >rst file is not ideal either but that can be fixed later. But then you would need to run make to "generate" the symlink, which would not normally happen. -- Thanks, Sasha