Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Add Sponsored-by tag to give credits to who sponsored the patch

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 03:15:43PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 11:29:27AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
>> >> > but you might have (eg)
>> >> >
>> >> > Laurent Pinchard (Coca-Cola) <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>> >> >
>> >> > and then when working for another sponsor:
>> >> >
>> >> > Laurent Pinchard (Ford) <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>> >> 
>> >> Just an observation, git shortlog -s/-se groups/distinguishes,
>> >> respectively, the author and sponsor in Laurent's approach. Not so with
>> >> Matthew's approach.
>> >
>> > Hm?
>> >
>> > $ git shortlog -s next-20230817..
>> >      1  Matthew Wilcox (Novartis)
>> >     25  Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
>> >
>> > $ git shortlog -se next-20230817..
>> >      1  Matthew Wilcox (Novartis) <willy@infradead.org>
>> >     25  Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
>> 
>> $ git shortlog v6.4.. -s --author="Laurent Pinchart"
>>     12  Laurent Pinchart
>> 
>> $ git shortlog v6.4.. -se --author="Laurent Pinchart"
>>      2  Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
>>     10  Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>
> I must not be understanding your point correctly.

That's probably a correct assesment, and not necessarily your fault. ;)

My point was that git shortlog -s groups and adds up the commits
together if the name is the same, but -se can still be used to
distinguish the mbox+tag difference in email. 12 for -s, but 2 and 10
for -se in Laurent's stats above.

If the names differ, even if just by the thing in parens, git shortlog
won't combine them.

> $ git shortlog v6.4.. -s --author="Matthew Wilcox"
>      7  Matthew Wilcox
>      1  Matthew Wilcox (Novartis)
>    123  Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
>
> That seems to me like it successfully distinguishes my fake commit on
> behalf of Novartis (who I haven't actually worked for since 1997) from
> my real commits on behalf of Oracle.  It also shows a few places where
> my commits weren't attributed to Oracle (I think this happens when I
> send patches using mutt instead of git-send-email)

I'm not saying either is right or wrong or has any shortcomings, I'm
just saying they're *different* in this regard.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center