From: Cornelius Weig Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:01:36 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing X-Git-Tag: v2.12.0-rc0~21^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/eafd5d9483ed2298a2bcebf20a7aeb50e948ba10 doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing The documentation for submission discourages pgp-signing, but demands a proper sign-off by contributors. However, when skimming the headings, the wording of the section for sign-off could mistakenly be understood as concerning pgp-signing. Thus, new contributors could oversee the necessary sign-off. This commit improves the wording such that the section about sign-off cannot be misunderstood as pgp-signing. In addition, the paragraph about pgp-signing is changed such that it avoids the impression that pgp-signing could be relevant at later stages of the submission. Signed-off-by: Cornelius Weig Helped-by: Philip Oakley Helped-by: Stefan Beller Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 08352deaae..3faf7eb884 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ that it will be postponed. Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask you to re-send them using MIME, that is OK. -Do not PGP sign your patch, at least for now. Most likely, your -maintainer or other people on the list would not have your PGP -key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. Your patch is not -judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin has a -far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, -respected origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things. +Do not PGP sign your patch. Most likely, your maintainer or other people on the +list would not have your PGP key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. +Your patch is not judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin +has a far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, respected +origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things. If you really really really really want to do a PGP signed patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message @@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ patch. *2* The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org -(5) Sign your work +(5) Certify your work by adding your "Signed-off-by: " line To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the "sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches