On 10/15/2012 12:55 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
Dear Stephen Warren,
In message 507C3AA4.6050707@wwwdotorg.org you wrote:
Irrespective of the documentation (which I obviously read the way I describe anyway...), the kernel practice is that everyone who writes or commits a patch adds their S-o-b line, and everyone who simply merges a
I'm aware of this.
branch from someone else checks that the provider of the branch added their S-o-b to patches they applied (rather than merged themselves) but does not add their own S-o-b (because it's impossible).
Is such checking really taking place? Are there any tools to support this?
I've certainly seen people give feedback on patches that the appropriate S-o-b lines aren't present. I don't recall if I've explicitly seen anyone called out for not doing this during a merge (which most likely means there was never an issue, not that people weren't checking), so I can't say for 100% certain that everyone is doing this, but they certainly should be.
git log is probably what I would use to validate this.