On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 01:00:14PM +0100, Ulf Hansson wrote: > [...] > > > > > An example pull request of mine might look like: > > Char/Misc patches for 4.15-rc1 > > > > Here is the big char/misc patch set for the 4.15-rc1 merge > > window. Contained in here is the normal set of new functions > > added to all of these crazy drivers, as well as the following > > brand new subsystems: > > - time_travel_controller: Finally a set of drivers for > > the latest time travel bus architecture that provides > > i/o to the CPU before it asked for it, allowing > > uninterrupted processing > > - relativity_shifters: due to the affect that the > > time_travel_controllers have on the overall system, > > there was a need for a new set of relativity shifter > > drivers to accommodate the newly formed black holes > > that would threaten to suck CPUs into them. This > > subsystem handles this in a way to successfully > > neutralize the problems. There is a Kconfig option to > > force these to be enabled when needed, so problems > > should not occur. > > > > All of these patches have been successfully tested in the latest > > linux-next releases, and the original problems that it found > > have all been resolved (apologies to anyone living near Canberra > > for the lack of the Kconfig options in the earlier versions of > > the linux-next tree creations.) > > > > Signed-off-by: Your-name-here <your_email@domain> > > > > > > The tag message format is just like a git commit id. One line at the > > top for a "summary subject" and be sure to sign-off at the bottom. > > I don't add my s-o-b to signed tags for pull requests, but perhaps I should. > > However, I think most maintainers don't use it, and neither does it > seems like Linus is preserving the tag when he does the pull. The text of the tag is in the merge commit, but you are right, the signed-off-by doesn't seem to be in the merge commit, I guess Linus's workflow removes them. I know I keep them in there if present for pull requests that people send to me. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
