From f1956a1febbb5af7d757998216577ebe172509ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Vajna Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:52:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: mention the usage of real name in Signed-off-by: lines Especially with something that is supposed to hopefully have some legal value down the line if somebody starts making noises, it really would be nice to have a real person to associate things with. Suggest this in the SubmittingPatches document. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 4c82e08..aa1ac1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute the change to its true author (see (2) above). +Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please +don't hide your real name. + Some people also put extra tags at the end. "Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who -- 2.26.2