From: Josh Soref Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:55:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers X-Git-Tag: v2.43.1~7^2~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac9fff2bf1ca4174efeac57ff1ef43df8a6b9517;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers There seems to be consensus amongst the core Git community on a working set of common trailers, and there are non-trivial costs to people inventing new trailers (research to discover what they mean/how they differ from existing trailers) such that inventing new ones is generally unwarranted and not something to be recommended to new contributors. Suggested-by: Elijah Newren Signed-off-by: Josh Soref Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 32e9023877..58dfe40504 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -356,8 +356,9 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch and found it to have the desired effect. -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:". +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 +highlighted above. [[git-tools]] === Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits.