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docs(AGENTS): improve issue tracking guidance - #14831

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xtqqczze force-pushed the agents-issues branch 3 times, most recently from 4eefcc3 to bf9db97 Compare September 23, 2026 11:55
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problem you are being asked to fix. Check both open and closed issues where
relevant; do not assume that no issue exists without searching.

If you cannot find an existing issue that covers the work, create one before

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i don't think we want agents to create issues for every PR, that will spam the tracker.
and it contradicts line 49 (issues in your own words)

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Hmm, what meaning does it have to instruct agents to write issues "in your own words"?

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How about this:

If you cannot find an existing issue that covers the problem, ask your operator to create one before making changes or starting the PR

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i still don't want to create an issue for all PR
it is already hard enough to handle the volume

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I've seen 4 PRs all fixing the same issue before. The intent here is to help reduce that kind of duplication.

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which one? i haven't seen that before

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I don't know off-hand, but the duplication is getting worse and worse.

For example, more recently:

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this is a different issue
#14219 existed before and it didn't prevent this from happening

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xtqqczze marked this pull request as draft September 23, 2026 14:39
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xtqqczze marked this pull request as ready for review September 23, 2026 14:42
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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/date/resolution (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)

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sylvestre enabled auto-merge (rebase) September 24, 2026 12:52
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sylvestre merged commit 76774a6 into uutils:main Sep 24, 2026
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