[PATCH 6/6] SubmittingPatches: note that trailer order matters

[kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com]

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>

It matters where you put the s-o-b; it should be last. You are signing
off on the patch as well as the whole message up to that point.

This also makes it clear who added what:

    Acked-by: The Reviewer <r@example.org>
    Signed-off-by: The Contributor <c@example.org>
    Acked-by: The (Late) Reviewer <late@example.org>
    Signed-off-by: The Maintainer <m@example.org>

The the first ack was added by the contributor and the second one was
added by the maintainer.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 3d2e9ecfbb8..2045708bdf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ particular are not used in this project.
 Only capitalize the very first letter of the trailer, i.e. favor
 `Signed-off-by:` over `Signed-Off-By:` and `Acked-by:` over `Acked-By:`.
 
+Note that these trailers should come before your `Signed-off-by:`
+trailer. You are signing off to the patch as well as the message. This
+also makes it clear who added trailers when multiple people have signed
+off on a patch.
+
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