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| author | Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> | 2018-03-05 14:58:21 +1100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2018-03-07 10:14:46 -0700 |
| commit | 82d95343af409ba19c094adeb9c6260f11937d24 (patch) | |
| tree | cb12cbd6fb830557d203d9886fe66e97031a8385 | |
| parent | 41387bb7d869e96df4b870e1880ad49f053cc755 (diff) | |
docs: add Co-Developed-by docs
When Co-Developed-by tag was added, docs were only added to
Documention/process/5.Posting.rst and were not added to
Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst
Add documentation to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
[jc: tweaked commas in the subheading]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 1ef19d3a3eee..f7152ed565e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your tree. -12) When to use Acked-by: and Cc: ---------------------------------- +12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by: +------------------------------------------------------- The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. @@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion. +A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer +along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people +work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by: +line in the patch as well. + 13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |