Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:01:26 -0600
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time
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Linus wrote:
> "From:" is not a tag. It's a special marker at the *top* (and _only_ the top)

So ... instead of listing "From:" as just another tag, I'd think it would
work if this one was listed in a separate section, perhaps at the end of this
Documentation/patch-tags document, such as:


From:	In addition to the above tags, one can also specify the original author
	of the change, who will end up as the commit author, with a special marker
    	at the top (very first line) of the patch, with a "From:" line.  See further
	Documentation/SubmittingPatches for usage of this "From:" line.


Question -- should this documentation of patch-tags be in its own file,
or added to Documentation/SubmittingPatches.  If it remains in its own
file, then perhaps Documentation/SubmittingPatches should have a reference
to Documentation/patch-tags added.

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