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authorTobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>2018-03-05 06:58:21 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-03-07 20:14:46 +0300
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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>
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@@ -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:
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+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:
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