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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:25:04 -0400 (EDT) From: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Subject: [PATCH 6/6] SubmittingPatches: note that trailer order matters Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:22:49 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0.22.g9e26862b904 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk 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 Signed-off-by: The Contributor Acked-by: The (Late) Reviewer Signed-off-by: The Maintainer The the first ack was added by the contributor and the second one was added by the maintainer. Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk --- 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. + [[ai]] === Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- 2.54.0.22.g9e26862b904