From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-wm1-f48.google.com (mail-wm1-f48.google.com [209.85.128.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBC565822C for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="PWCzl13o" Received: by mail-wm1-f48.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-40c39ef63d9so10200775e9.3 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:41:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1703176870; x=1703781670; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :references:in-reply-to:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=2XxHqJWvbMaJ8kSLADFR194AUuAUgfHnTsU1sdJ8Qlg=; b=PWCzl13oanh9iNJaHhRJ3bn18QA87sqPxbb0V+HiVwIYhE1HggT6fKVU0stCnEwUBO MrRd824UbZ3WlaGWu0eNXE8FaAp8n8t2xkCiarB19esu9asmamZcaadFjnZkwE/yeO/X 99MAY07GesWYl10FL4zJJGuHDLtW3LgdIbQuOE8mveIcp/G3cTxFjkux+m2d4SeSjdj/ QMB5SmGNSpr4Bz+RvyjGQYwL7M2OnklJvyURVtMnKvt+6OXFNEw8aNV0up1Pf5zAzN0g pkwRtq3Ct6JAnXEnRYfwXsxfV6OpGCIpzBAEHMrd4pWpI9kWgy2AG2//Fa0aDa/VIGqW MX3g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1703176870; x=1703781670; h=cc:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:fcc:subject:date:from :references:in-reply-to:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2XxHqJWvbMaJ8kSLADFR194AUuAUgfHnTsU1sdJ8Qlg=; b=d07DUFrmkvFyyVP1lvSMMkS2boRHfjUHLKqZ6OEQ+qx71TEQHmH6ishW40JD8CZTDe KfiEoplX0IPv6khYcTNHPDAf3eK0nmU1DGkKnUNMHZqjDd/2NYvX5I/ckQH1zL0YGvVh SjiPos7ZSXtJFyQYv+qviZHLj6+LLq4OQvGqRT0QB0W1rMQ4Q0HNKBLJXAj+SJdpgoc1 9V6SmiXh8kpYOL2wtMdmkPJfrnfwS3ksG9I/4hjie93Tt0kH9Zs81QK1SVFEYk98Yxjv w2hzAs06iI0CLLMoRAmdyfp0VGRx36HpUcbsXOp5bs9Z3Ns9S7EZjlpZvWexrFg342OU IeTA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyxVqs6sf5bUbZ2aziVNmRHmZ/ijxLOcQouPoRS1QpO+G87JqYQ opxRq9HdYcdZzaET5ZJD8fIuQZbAYYU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFZ4E5HBgim5sgmPTeAY8uqQ8kHgGOcitjJstTqZqPVT11bIuhNZBEcgpcov2n4C5QzwO0gCQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:5106:b0:40c:a5d:860d with SMTP id o6-20020a05600c510600b0040c0a5d860dmr1043968wms.169.1703176870429; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:41:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w20-20020a05600c475400b0040b4fca8620sm11668905wmo.37.2023.12.21.08.41.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:41:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: From: "Josh Soref via GitGitGadget" Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:41:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v2 4/9] SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Elijah Newren , =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9?= Scharfe , Phillip Wood , Josh Soref , Josh Soref , Josh Soref From: Josh Soref There seems to be consensus amongst the core Git community on a working set of common trailers, and there are non-trivial costs to people inventing new trailers (research to discover what they mean/how they differ from existing trailers) such that inventing new ones is generally unwarranted and not something to be recommended to new contributors. Suggested-by: Elijah Newren Signed-off-by: Josh Soref --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 32e90238777..58dfe405049 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -356,8 +356,9 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch and found it to have the desired effect. -You can also create your own tag or use one that's in common usage -such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:". +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. [[git-tools]] === Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits. -- gitgitgadget