On Thursday 05 April 2007 19:13:20 Erik Mouw wrote: > 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. Just curious, is there a way to know how much of your original patches remained? I wonder if they keep statistics/able to calculate who is the best contributor by number of code lines/files/etc... Not that this is a competition or that number of lines is a measure of a good patch. -- Regards, Tzahi. -- Tzahi Fadida Blog: http://tzahi.blogsite.org | Home Site: http://tzahi.webhop.info WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
