From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:18 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] git-merge-file --ours, --theirs Message-ID: <20091126163018.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: <7vvdgxbwav.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Quoting Junio C Hamano writes: > In any case, where does Avery's credit go? Is there a point in helping to > polish others' patches? > > It is recoded on the Signed-off-by line. When somebody passes a patch > from somebody else, an S-o-b is added for DCO purposes, but it also leaves > the "patch trail"---these people looked at the patch, spent effort to make > sure it is suitable for inclusion by reviewing, polishing, and enhancing. > A subsystem maintainer, or anybody who helps to polish others > contribution, may not necessarily have his name as the "author" of the > patch, and if the patch forwarding is done via e-mail, his name won't be > on the "committer" line either. But the contribution is still noted and > appreciated, and the hint to pay attention to is by counting non-author > S-o-b and Tested-by lines in the commit messages. I understand. Thank you for a detailed explanation. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/