[PATCH 4/8] SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list

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Josh Soref via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Date

Dec 19, 2023, 08:41 UTC

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<e5c7f29af439c48f59b2f35af93a7972e66a5b6b.1702975320.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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<pull.1623.git.1702975319.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>

Add items with at least 100 uses:
- Co-authored-by
- Helped-by
- Mentored-by
- Suggested-by

Updating the create suggestion to something less commonly used.

git log |
  perl -ne 'next unless /^\s+[A-Z][a-z]+-\S+:/;s/^\s+//;s/:.*/:/;print'|
  sort|uniq -c|sort -n|grep '[0-9][0-9] '
  11 Helped-By:
  13 Message-ID:
  14 Reported-By:
  22 Acked-By:
  27 Inspired-by:
  29 Requested-by:
  35 Original-patch-by:
  43 Contributions-by:
  47 Signed-Off-By:
  65 Based-on-patch-by:
  68 Thanks-to:
  88 Improved-by:
 145 Co-authored-by:
 171 Noticed-by:
 182 Tested-by:
 361 Suggested-by:
 469 Mentored-by:
1196 Reported-by:
1727 Helped-by:
2177 Reviewed-by:
2202 Acked-by:
95313 Signed-off-by:

Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 32e90238777..694a7bafb68 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
 
 . `Reported-by:` is used to credit someone who found the bug that
   the patch attempts to fix.
+. `Noticed-by:` liked `Reported-by:` indicates someone who noticed
+  the item being fixed.
 . `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
   the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
 . `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
@@ -355,9 +357,17 @@ 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 multiple people
+  contributed to the work of a patch.
+. `Helped-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a
+  patch.
+. `Mentored-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a
+  patch.
+. `Suggested-by:` is used to credit someone with suggesting the idea
+  for a patch.
 
 You can also create your own tag or use one that's in common usage
-such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Mentored-by:".
+such as "Thanks-to:", "Based-on-patch-by:", or "Improved-by:".
 
 [[git-tools]]
 === Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits.

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