Dragan Simic wrote: [..] > I'm fully aware that we may be reluctant to supporting additional tags, > because we may then end up with a whole bunch of strange tags that might > be a bit hard to understand and use properly, but I think that adding > Helped-by to the supported tag list may actually be a good thing to do. > As described above, Helped-by fits very well between the Suggested-by > tag and the Co-developed-by + Signed-off-by pair of tags, and I think > that providing the right level of attribution may be beneficial. Patch attribution is separate from giving thanks. I would much rather someone take the time to say "Thanks" in the changelog with some supporting text rather than boil down all the myriad ways to be thankful into a generic tag. "git log --grep=Thanks" often yields valuable details, beyond just attribution, on how people have helped each other develop this global project of ours. If the introduction of Helped-by would replace even one authentic "Thank you" note with a generic tag then it is a net loss for the community.
