Re: why are some of my patches being credited to other "authors"?

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i've submitted a number of patches recently and, every time i do a
> "git pull", i check the log to see if any of them have been applied so
> i can delete them from my personal "submitted but not applied"
> directory.  if they've been applied by another author, then naturally
> i'll never notice and i'll keep wondering about the delay.
> 
>   so what's the protocol here?  are more senior kernel developers
> allowed to poach on my patch submissions, tidy them up slightly, then
> drop any attribution to me?  enquiring minds *definitely* want this
> cleared up.
> 
> rday
> 
> p.s.  it's possible that this is all just a wild coincidence, of
> course.  stranger things have happened.


The protocol is simply to do best to give credit where credit is due. 
If your patch is taken directly, most likely it is a mistake if 
attribution was dropped.  If your patch was modified, often that patch 
will get checked in under the name of the person who last touched the 
change before commit -- and it is their responsibility to make sure and 
note that the change originally came from you.

	Jeff