From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miklos Vajna Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: mention the usage of real name in Signed-off-by: lines Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:20:27 +0100 Message-ID: <1229732427-14740-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org> References: <7vhc4z7oia.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Cc: Nanako Shiraishi , jidanni@jidanni.org, git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 20 01:20:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDpZe-0002nz-D3 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:20:06 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752330AbYLTASs (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752403AbYLTASs (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:48 -0500 Received: from yugo.dsd.sztaki.hu ([195.111.2.114]:54264 "EHLO yugo.frugalware.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751540AbYLTASr (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:18:47 -0500 Received: from vmobile.example.net (catv-80-98-230-81.catv.broadband.hu [80.98.230.81]) by yugo.frugalware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 23B24446CDE; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:18:45 +0100 (CET) Received: by vmobile.example.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 1065C19DBE1; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:20:27 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.1.rc1.35.gae26e.dirty In-Reply-To: <7vhc4z7oia.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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 --- On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:07:25PM -0800, Junio C Hamano 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 -- 1.6.1.rc1.35.gae26e.dirty