[PATCH v3 5/9] SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list
From: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
Add items with at least 100 uses in the past three years:
- Co-authored-by
- Helped-by
- Mentored-by
- Suggested-by
git log --since=3.years|
perl -ne 'next unless /^\s+[A-Z][a-z]+-\S+:/;s/^\s+//;s/:.*/:/;print'|
sort|uniq -c|sort -n|grep '[0-9][0-9] '
14 Based-on-patch-by:
14 Original-patch-by:
17 Tested-by:
100 Suggested-by:
121 Co-authored-by:
163 Mentored-by:
274 Reported-by:
290 Acked-by:
450 Helped-by:
602 Reviewed-by:
14111 Signed-off-by:
Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 58dfe405049..31878cb70b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
patch after a detailed analysis.
. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
and found it to have the desired effect.
+. `Co-authored-by:` is used to indicate that people exchanged drafts
+ of a patch before submitting it.
+. `Helped-by:` is used to credit someone who suggested ideas for
+ changes without providing the precise changes in patch form.
+. `Mentored-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a
+ patch as part of a mentorship program (e.g., GSoC or Outreachy).
+. `Suggested-by:` is used to credit someone with suggesting the idea
+ for a patch.
While you can also create your own trailer if the situation warrants it, we
encourage you to instead use one of the common trailers in this project
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Josh Soref via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>