Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:34:19 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: why are some of my patches being credited to other "authors"? |
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Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i've submitted a number of patches recently and, every time i do a > "git pull", i check the log to see if any of them have been applied so > i can delete them from my personal "submitted but not applied" > directory. if they've been applied by another author, then naturally > i'll never notice and i'll keep wondering about the delay. > > so what's the protocol here? are more senior kernel developers > allowed to poach on my patch submissions, tidy them up slightly, then > drop any attribution to me? enquiring minds *definitely* want this > cleared up. > > rday > > p.s. it's possible that this is all just a wild coincidence, of > course. stranger things have happened.
The protocol is simply to do best to give credit where credit is due. If your patch is taken directly, most likely it is a mistake if attribution was dropped. If your patch was modified, often that patch will get checked in under the name of the person who last touched the change before commit -- and it is their responsibility to make sure and note that the change originally came from you.
Jeff
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