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| author | kpande <[email protected]> | 2017-05-31 10:30:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> | 2017-05-31 07:30:07 -0700 |
| commit | 434c76ca91e9def899355914473a03441697b896 (patch) | |
| tree | 591acc9b669265b75e461696c03f537921abb1cb /.github/CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | 2d82116e80ba88fb8efbc3e573ee8a924323b32a (diff) | |
Explain reason for Signed-off-by in CONTRIBUTING
Reviewed-by: Giuseppe Di Natale <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: George Melikov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Haakan T Johansson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kash Pande <[email protected]>
Closes #6183
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md index 3f0b4eadd..46923b5ee 100644 --- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -165,8 +165,12 @@ first line in the commit message. please summarize important information such as why the proposed approach was chosen or a brief description of the bug you are resolving. Each line of the body must be 72 characters or less. -* The last line must be a `Signed-off-by:` line with the developer's -name followed by their email. +* The last line must be a `Signed-off-by:` tag with the developer's +name followed by their email. This is the developer's certification +that they have the right to submit the patch for inclusion into +the code base and indicates agreement to the [Developer's Certificate +of Origin](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin). +Code without a proper signoff cannot be merged. Git can append the `Signed-off-by` line to your commit messages. Simply provide the `-s` or `--signoff` option when performing a `git commit`. |