[PATCH] contributor-guide/submit-changes: Add real name in git sendmail.from

[PATCH] contributor-guide/submit-changes: Add real name in git sendmail.from

[Mathieu Dubois-Briand]

Fix the git configuration sendmail.from example to include the user real
name in the mail "From:" field, as it would be the case when
sendmail.from is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
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To: yocto-patches@lists.yoctoproject.org
CC: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
index adb78fa08d8e..336b240f93ac 100644
--- a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
+++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ author name. The following will ensure that your e-mails have an additional
 maintainers accepting your patches don't have to fix commit author information
 manually::
 
-   git config --global sendemail.from "linus.torvalds@kernel.org"
+   git config --global sendemail.from "Linus Torvalds <linus.torvalds@kernel.org>"
 
 The ``sendemail.from`` should match your ``user.email`` setting,
 which appears in the ``Signed-off-by`` line of your commits.

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base-commit: 80084a4cabdf7f61c7e93eda8ddbd5bc7d54e041
change-id: 20250711-mathieu-sendmail_from-19b269a89d42

Best regards,
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Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>