| Message ID | xmqqim88jp26.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 0d9a2a9a41176951942baf0684f6ea5ca38fc001 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] SubmittingPatches: tighten wording on "sign-off" procedure | expand |
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index d12094bac5..0452db2e67 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ wrote the patch or have the right to pass it on under the same license as ours, by "signing off" your patch. Without sign-off, we cannot accept your patches. -If you can certify the below D-C-O: +If (and only if) you certify the below D-C-O: [[dco]] .Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
The text says "if you can certify DCO then you add a Signed-off-by trailer". But it does not say anything about people who cannot or do not want to certify. A natural reading may be that if you do not certify, you must not add the trailer, but it shouldn't hurt to be overly explicit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)