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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: tag for patches with multiple authors
On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Sometimes a single patch is the result of multiple authors. As git only
> can have one "author" of a patch, it is still good to properly give
> credit to the other developers of a commit. To address this, document
> the "Co-Developed-by:" tag which can be used to show other authors of
> the patch.
>
> Note, these other authors must also provide a Signed-off-by: tag as it
> is their work that is being submitted here.
>
> Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> index 1b7728b19ea7..645fa9c7388a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> @@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ The tags in common use are:
> which can be found in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. Code without a
> proper signoff cannot be merged into the mainline.
>
> + - 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.
> +
> - Acked-by: indicates an agreement by another developer (often a
> maintainer of the relevant code) that the patch is appropriate for
> inclusion into the kernel.
>

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