[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: mention the usage of real name in Signed-off-by: lines

[Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>]

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>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:07:25PM -0800, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> An earlier mistake does not justify adding new ones.  Besides, I think
> ALASCM once revealed his "real name" on the list.

Ah, true ($gmane/7946). Then maybe something like this would be good to
have? The commit message is mostly copy&paste from Linus' message.

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index f0295c6..530aa25 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 be childish and 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
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