From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nanako Shiraishi Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] git-merge-file --ours, --theirs Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:30:18 +0900 Message-ID: <20091126163018.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> References: <7vy6ltdd2l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20091126153726.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> <7vvdgxbwav.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "Avery Pennarun" , To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 26 08:30:36 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NDYoC-0002B5-Nc for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:30:33 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754021AbZKZHaU (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:30:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751947AbZKZHaU (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:30:20 -0500 Received: from karen.lavabit.com ([72.249.41.33]:36210 "EHLO karen.lavabit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751532AbZKZHaU (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:30:20 -0500 Received: from c.earth.lavabit.com (c.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.12]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57AA157543; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from 6142.lavabit.com (customer-148-233-239-23.uninet.net.mx [148.233.239.23]) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id BY73N482CVP1; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:26 -0600 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lavabit; d=lavabit.com; b=TDugPUMeDvFLz7ZkydQ0pt4H7CkTvssKhtybQBzB6UVIbPaO22gy74aAfCVggHR65i8XQ3N/UM1860g++MuFRECJMFeuUPPueryfqo0L7MFhbwvQgh9bg4Ap4BwJRe86zuRHPKUbPlAYdiPCmFvwCico36oQUexo6eptwcFAIZQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id; In-Reply-To: <7vvdgxbwav.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Quoting Junio C Hamano writes: > In any case, where does Avery's credit go? Is there a point in helping to > polish others' patches? > > It is recoded on the Signed-off-by line. When somebody passes a patch > from somebody else, an S-o-b is added for DCO purposes, but it also leaves > the "patch trail"---these people looked at the patch, spent effort to make > sure it is suitable for inclusion by reviewing, polishing, and enhancing. > A subsystem maintainer, or anybody who helps to polish others > contribution, may not necessarily have his name as the "author" of the > patch, and if the patch forwarding is done via e-mail, his name won't be > on the "committer" line either. But the contribution is still noted and > appreciated, and the hint to pay attention to is by counting non-author > S-o-b and Tested-by lines in the commit messages. I understand. Thank you for a detailed explanation. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/