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| author | Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> | 2024-10-20 18:57:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> | 2024-10-21 17:23:00 -0400 |
| commit | 52acf6771bab465d34ed75689c87b118aaefc869 (patch) | |
| tree | 81bb376d0dab9027c9a38e7f9b630ce243d98d75 | |
| parent | The third batch (diff) | |
| download | git-52acf6771bab465d34ed75689c87b118aaefc869.tar.gz git-52acf6771bab465d34ed75689c87b118aaefc869.zip | |
SubmittingPatches: tags -> trailers
“Trailer” is the preferred nomenclature in this project. Also add a
definite article where I think it makes sense.
As we can see the rest of the document already prefers this term. This
just gets rid of the last stragglers.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index d8a8caa791..db17bc7fe2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -412,13 +412,13 @@ Also notice that a real name is used in the `Signed-off-by` trailer. Please don't hide your real name. [[commit-trailers]] -If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: +If you like, you can put extra trailers at the end: . `Reported-by:` is used to credit someone who found the bug that the patch attempts to fix. . `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 +. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other trailers, can only be offered by the reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the patch after a detailed analysis. . `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ 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. -Only capitalize the very first letter of tags, i.e. favor +Only capitalize the very first letter of the trailer, i.e. favor "Signed-off-by" over "Signed-Off-By" and "Acked-by:" over "Acked-By". [[git-tools]] |