linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] docs: add Co-Developed-by docs

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Message-Id: <1520222301-11874-3-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc>
Date:   Mon,  5 Mar 2018 14:58:21 +1100
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add Co-Developed-by docs

When Co-Developed-by tag was added, docs were only added to
Documention/process/5.Posting.rst and were not added to
Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Add documentation to Documention/process/submitting-patches.rst

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>
---

The text in this patch is copied basically verbatim from
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst 

 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 1ef19d3a3eee..698360641ecd 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your
 tree.
 
 
-12) When to use Acked-by: and Cc:
----------------------------------
+12) When to use Acked-by: and Cc:, and Co-Developed-by:
+-------------------------------------------------------
 
 The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
 development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
@@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the
 patch.  This tag documents that potentially interested parties
 have been included in the discussion.
 
+A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
+along with the original author.  This is useful at times when multiple people
+work on a single patch.  Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by:
+line in the patch as well.
+
 
 13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
2.7.4