On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 16:12, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The wording of the Signed-off-by rules could be read as stating that > S-O-B should only be added when the submitter considered the patch > ready for inclusion in git.git. > > We also want Signed-off-by to be used for e.g. RFC patches, in case > someone wants to dig an old patch out of the archive and improve > it. Change the wording to recommend a Signed-off-by for all submitted > patches. > > The problem with the wording came up in the "[PATCH/RFC] Hacky version > of a glob() driven config include" thread[1]. Bert Wesarg suggested[2] > that it be removed to avoid confusion, which this change implements. > Thanks for resurrecting this. Acked-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 1. <1273180440-8641-1-git-send-email-avarab@xxxxxxxxx> > 2. <AANLkTimziTKL13VKIOcaS1TX1F_xvTVjH8Q398Yx36Us@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Suggested-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 +++----- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index 099b238..ece3c77 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): > not "changed" or "changes". > - includes motivation for the change, and contrasts > its implementation with previous behaviour > - - if you want your work included in git.git, add a > - "Signed-off-by: Your Name <you@xxxxxxxxxxx>" line to the > - commit message (or just use the option "-s" when > - committing) to confirm that you agree to the Developer's > - Certificate of Origin > + - add a "Signed-off-by: Your Name <you@xxxxxxxxxxx>" line to the > + commit message (or just use the option "-s" when committing) > + to confirm that you agree to the Developer's Certificate of Origin > - make sure that you have tests for the bug you are fixing > - make sure that the test suite passes after your commit > > -- > 1.7.0.4 > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html