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Users assume the Source control writing style setting only shapes commit messages, so they never find out that Custom instructions also controls generated pull request titles and descriptions. The section was called "Writing & review", the row "Source control writing style", and its copy talked about "change descriptions" and "change requests".

The section is now "Commits & pull requests" and the row is "Commit and pull request writing". Each style's description names commit messages and pull request titles and descriptions, and the custom instructions placeholder shows a pull request example. "Follow change request templates" becomes "Follow pull request templates". Settings search now matches "pr description", "pull request", "merge request", and "commit message". The user guide names the section. Setting keys, stored values, and the server prompt are unchanged.

Checked in a dev build on web. Format, lint, the web typecheck, settingsSearch.test.ts, and SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx pass. Mobile has no equivalent setting.

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Verdict: Approved at c389f8d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This clarifies that writing settings cover commit messages and pull request titles and descriptions, with matching search terms and documentation. The assessed changes are presentation-only and leave defaults and generation behavior unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The source-control writing settings now use commit and pull request terminology in their labels, descriptions, search entries, browser test, and user documentation.

Changes: Source control writing settings

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Writing settings labels and descriptions apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx	The section, mode descriptions, custom-instruction fields, template setting, and writer-model description now refer to commits and pull requests.
Search, test, and documentation alignment apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx, docs/user/source-control.md	Search entries, the browser test reset label, and documentation use the updated terminology.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

• PR writer model names itself in attribution footers because it never receives the thread's model and harness #26892: The PR clarifies that the writer-model setting applies to pull request text. It does not change model or harness attribution in the prompt.
• Harness prompts conflict with project instructions (commit/PR defaults, preview_* ban vs. required screenshots) #26653: The PR clarifies the pull request template setting label. It does not change template-use behavior or resolve prompt conflicts.
• [Bug]: Follow change request templates ignores Azure DevOps PR templates #22871: The PR clarifies the pull request template setting label. It does not change Azure DevOps template discovery.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to b3288

This updates settings labels, search terms and the user guide to say commit and pull request writing. Stored settings and behavior are unchanged, so merge risk is minimal.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the change: clarifying that custom instructions cover pull request descriptions. It is concise and related to the main change.
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Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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• apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts:
- Line 1110: Restore “change” to the search terms for the writing setting in the
settings search configuration, and update the existing search test to verify
that the query “change description” finds that setting.

Review comments at
@apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.tsx:
- Around line 287-288: Update the placeholder on the custom commit and pull
request instructions field in SourceControlWritingSettings so its example does
not conflict with the default prompt’s required headings and bullets; retain the
commit-subject guidance and use neutral wording for pull request descriptions.

Review comments at @docs/user/source-control.md:
- Line 173: Update the custom-instructions description to refer to the selected
scope rather than claiming instructions apply to every project. Clarify that
project-scoped settings affect only that project and can override environment
defaults.

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• apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlWritingSettings.browser.test.tsx
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