Re: [PATCH 2/6] SubmittingPatches: discuss non-ident trailers

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 12:22:45AM +0200, kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index 0b12badf86d..51c308a89a8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -474,7 +474,10 @@ These are the common trailers in use:
>  
>  While you can also create your own trailer if the situation warrants it, we
>  encourage you to instead use one of the common trailers in this project
> -highlighted above.
> +highlighted above. A trailer that credits someone might be more likely
> +to be accepted since these are the most common ones. But another kind of
> +trailer might be relevant, for example to link to an issue tracker
> +belonging to a downstream project that is affected by a bug in Git.

Hm, I wonder whether this is a bit too vague to really be helpful for a
newcomer. Instead of alluding to such trailers, wouldn't it be
preferable if we added those as actual examples to the list of known
trailers and then tell folks that they can invent their own ones if
there is a good reason to do so?

Patrick