SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list
Add items with at least 100 uses in the past three years: - Co-authored-by - Helped-by - Mentored-by - Suggested-by git log --since=3.years| perl -ne 'next unless /^\s+[A-Z][a-z]+-\S+:/;s/^\s+//;s/:.*/:/;print'| sort|uniq -c|sort -n|grep '[0-9][0-9] ' 14 Based-on-patch-by: 14 Original-patch-by: 17 Tested-by: 100 Suggested-by: 121 Co-authored-by: 163 Mentored-by: 274 Reported-by: 290 Acked-by: 450 Helped-by: 602 Reviewed-by: 14111 Signed-off-by: Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
patch after a detailed analysis.
. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
and found it to have the desired effect.
+. `Co-authored-by:` is used to indicate that people exchanged drafts
+ of a patch before submitting it.
+. `Helped-by:` is used to credit someone who suggested ideas for
+ changes without providing the precise changes in patch form.
+. `Mentored-by:` is used to credit someone with helping develop a
+ patch as part of a mentorship program (e.g., GSoC or Outreachy).
+. `Suggested-by:` is used to credit someone with suggesting the idea
+ for a patch.
While you can also create your own trailer if the situation warrants it, we
encourage you to instead use one of the common trailers in this project