linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] Documentation: include sign off for reverts

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Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:09:49 +0530
From:   Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
To:     corbet@....net
Cc:     yashsri421@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, joe@...ches.com,
        sir@...wn.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: include sign off for reverts

Currently, we do not have any documentation on commit reverts regarding
the requirement of Signed-off-by tag for it. This may be misleading to
the users.

Evaluating MISSING_SIGN_OFF checkpatch warnings on v4.13..v5.8 showed
that 4 out of 11 cases missing a sign-off are revert commits.

Add documentation regarding the same to document the community
consensus and let readers know.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 83d9a82055a7..ff065e1f6a25 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ then you just add a line saying::
 
 using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
 This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``.
+Also reverts should include a Signed-off-by. ``git revert -s`` does
+that for you.
 
 Some people also put extra tags at the end.  They'll just be ignored for
 now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
-- 
2.17.1