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| author | Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com> | 2020-11-10 23:17:49 +0530 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-11-13 15:01:19 -0700 |
| commit | 7d71788735608b1578e3615ff2646d3a089ff0a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ac5b820d22ea041380d7b512cdfd6db5818f6a7 /Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | |
| parent | f8394f232b1eab649ce2df5c5f15b0e528c92091 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-7d71788735608b1578e3615ff2646d3a089ff0a8.tar.gz lwn-7d71788735608b1578e3615ff2646d3a089ff0a8.zip | |
Documentation: include sign off for reverts
Currently, we do not have any documentation on commit reverts regarding
the requirement of Signed-off-by tag for it. This may be misleading to
the users.
Evaluating MISSING_SIGN_OFF checkpatch warnings on v4.13..v5.8 showed
that 4 out of 11 cases missing a sign-off are revert commits.
Add documentation regarding the same to document the community
consensus and let readers know.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201110174749.32068-1-yashsri421@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 83d9a82055a7..fb8261a4be30 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ then you just add a line saying:: using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``. +Reverts should also include "Signed-off-by". ``git revert -s`` does that +for you. Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just |