[PATCH] gitk: discourage AI contributions

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Aug 23, 2026, 09:25 UTC
Message-ID: <b4ce8b09-5faa-4e6e-af38-5384a71ae699@kdbg.org>

Since the provenance of code generated by AI cannot be tracked with confidence, which would be necessary to sign off a contribution, tell contributors not to use AI.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
 Following a recent brief discussion[1] it looks like I should not
 accept code for Gitk that was generated by AI even if the submitter
 understands all of it. Should I discourage AI contributions outright
 like this or would it overshoot the mark?

 -- Hannes

 [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/aooRdiVdjovWSFiG@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net/T/#md44580584f30c9b3e3c9e23250baf08b7fd7fb0c

 README.md | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e30746..c402788 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ are also accepted.
 All commits must be signed off (use `git commit --signoff`) and should
 have commit messages prefixed with `gitk:`.
 
-Email Patches
--------------
-
 Send patches to git@vger.kernel.org and CC j6t@kdbg.org. See the Git
 project's [patch submission guidelines](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches)
 for detailed instructions on creating and sending patches.
 
+Please do not submit work that originated from AI, because this project
+is down-streamed to the Git project, which has a rather
+[strict AI guideline](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches#ai).
+
 License
 =======

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