From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bsmtp5.bon.at (bsmtp5.bon.at [195.3.86.187]) (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 344792701B8 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:04:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=195.3.86.187 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787479467; cv=none; b=cpez4pC+X/kByZnynSTe6engWgEPKmQ6SjdhG81CInee0i/S/bXRQNErYBlC5RorMIWjYKDlDOo64yelhgjtH1Qxzc44eSGCbfzlykRu5Br/6YGiHGOX5AIVOQxjf7DolhYbzTtic9AcMc9AyXR8J+Pv2Mx1eppwX156PHVqf74= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787479467; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WkxEKY8lad5XxnnGWgdBDzcanSyWXgR9VnELQZLUw6E=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:From:To:Cc:Subject:Content-Type; b=nW/hVL6JO1yBJ6a82vPy+xoR0F+vNq/GWr34jriag9GpMcQbHQRGgTS1T9SWbLZiygcDWZDdRqBg5q1P6vUhA1RYFSuHxavOtSRleRM800apB1pLm8R2Py82BopJ3iu+YIbzokW/mc1Ge96S7WmNT7TFElUqWA+aibW2HUpvePY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kdbg.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kdbg.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=195.3.86.187 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kdbg.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kdbg.org Received: from bsmtp3.bon.at (unknown [192.168.181.107]) by bsmtp5.bon.at (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4hSTDc1cDsz7Qgqr for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:25:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.101] (unknown [93.83.142.38]) by bsmtp3.bon.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4hSTDQ3tbYzRpKv; Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:25:42 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:25:42 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US From: Johannes Sixt To: Git Mailing List , "brian m. carlson" Cc: Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH] gitk: discourage AI contributions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Since the provenance of code generated by AI cannot be tracked with confidence, which would be necessary to sign off a contribution, tell contributors not to use AI. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt --- Following a recent brief discussion[1] it looks like I should not accept code for Gitk that was generated by AI even if the submitter understands all of it. Should I discourage AI contributions outright like this or would it overshoot the mark? -- Hannes [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/aooRdiVdjovWSFiG@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net/T/#md44580584f30c9b3e3c9e23250baf08b7fd7fb0c README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2e30746..c402788 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ are also accepted. All commits must be signed off (use `git commit --signoff`) and should have commit messages prefixed with `gitk:`. -Email Patches -------------- - Send patches to git@vger.kernel.org and CC j6t@kdbg.org. See the Git project's [patch submission guidelines](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches) for detailed instructions on creating and sending patches. +Please do not submit work that originated from AI, because this project +is down-streamed to the Git project, which has a rather +[strict AI guideline](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches#ai). + License ======= -- 2.55.0.704.g7397dd7565