From: Josh Soref <jsoref@xxxxxxxxx> Add items with at least 100 uses: - Co-authored-by - Helped-by - Mentored-by - Suggested-by Updating the create suggestion to something less commonly used. git log | perl -ne 'next unless /^\s+[A-Z][a-z]+-\S+:/;s/^\s+//;s/:.*/:/;print'| sort|uniq -c|sort -n|grep '[0-9][0-9] ' 11 Helped-By: 13 Message-ID: 14 Reported-By: 22 Acked-By: 27 Inspired-by: 29 Requested-by: 35 Original-patch-by: 43 Contributions-by: 47 Signed-Off-By: 65 Based-on-patch-by: 68 Thanks-to: 88 Improved-by: 145 Co-authored-by: 171 Noticed-by: 182 Tested-by: 361 Suggested-by: 469 Mentored-by: 1196 Reported-by: 1727 Helped-by: 2177 Reviewed-by: 2202 Acked-by: 95313 Signed-off-by: Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 32e90238777..694a7bafb68 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: . `Reported-by:` is used to credit someone who found the bug that the patch attempts to fix. +. `Noticed-by:` liked `Reported-by:` indicates someone who noticed + the item being fixed. . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area the patch attempts to modify liked the patch. . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the @@ -355,9 +357,17 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: patch after a detailed analysis. . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch and found it to have the desired effect. +. `Co-authored-by:` is used to indicate that multiple people + contributed to the work of a patch. +. `Helped-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a + patch. +. `Mentored-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a + patch. +. `Suggested-by:` is used to credit someone with suggesting the idea + for a patch. You can also create your own tag or use one that's in common usage -such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:". +such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Improved-by:". [[git-tools]] === Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits. -- gitgitgadget
