-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 06:09:26PM +0300, Ramagudi Naziir wrote: > Let's take the Linux case for example. Let's assume I write a kernel > module, license it under the GPL and it is accepted to mainline kernel. > How can I know who contributed to it after some time ? That's what git is for: git log v2.6.20.. drivers/whatever/yourdriver.c That will tell you about every commit made to that particular file since linux-2.6.20. Because every commit requires a Signed-off-by line, you can see who contributed to your code. > Every person that adds a line to a kernel file, adds his name to the header > of the file as a contributer ? That would make the amount of comments at the top of each line really huge. :) Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGFSAg/PlVHJtIto0RAkDEAJ9lEf0l1OfHILmfJog0T6zwRPdZPACeKhZ4 qwJjRjInKdQ+tS5QmzfgLwI= =WuTN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
