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authorAditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>2020-11-10 23:17:49 +0530
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-11-13 15:01:19 -0700
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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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@@ -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