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This may be misleading to the users. Evaluating MISSING_SIGN_OFF checkpatch warnings on v4.13..v5.8 showed that 4 out of 11 cases missing a sign-off are revert commits. Add documentation regarding the same to document the community consensus and let readers know. Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 83d9a82055a7..ff065e1f6a25 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ then you just add a line saying:: using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``. +Also reverts should include a Signed-off-by. ``git revert -s`` does +that for you. Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just -- 2.17.1