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| author | Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> | 2008-12-20 01:52:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-12-19 19:11:20 -0800 |
| commit | 672752470c85c8dc3dd9b49f72063a99f8475b4a (patch) | |
| tree | 84ebaa62772c1182102fbad73395aa05b5e69fe5 | |
| parent | ce2c3ebbc5a66e0370b3ab5b5611c2c390ddd6c0 (diff) | |
| download | git-672752470c85c8dc3dd9b49f72063a99f8475b4a.tar.gz | |
SubmittingPatches: mention the usage of real name in Signed-off-by: lines
Especially with something that is supposed to hopefully have some legal
value down the line if somebody starts making noises, it really would be
nice to have a real person to associate things with. Suggest this in the
SubmittingPatches document.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c59edfa6a9..34fdc83ad4 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute the change to its true author (see (2) above). +Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please +don't hide your real name. + Some people also put extra tags at the end. "Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who |