From patchwork Wed Oct 31 18:02:08 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ben Pfaff X-Patchwork-Id: 991629 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=openvswitch.org (client-ip=140.211.169.12; helo=mail.linuxfoundation.org; envelope-from=ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ovn.org Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42lblK51R2z9s0t for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 05:02:21 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D36A1DEA; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:02:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: ovs-dev@mail.linuxfoundation.org Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A65C5ED1 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:02:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (relay8-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.201]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17019E6 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:02:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Originating-IP: 75.54.222.30 Received: from sigabrt.attlocal.net (75-54-222-30.lightspeed.rdcyca.sbcglobal.net [75.54.222.30]) (Authenticated sender: blp@ovn.org) by relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 115F41BF20D; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:02:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Ben Pfaff To: dev@openvswitch.org Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:02:08 -0700 Message-Id: <20181031180208.24924-1-blp@ovn.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.16.1 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Ben Pfaff Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] contributing: Signed-off-by tags should come last. X-BeenThere: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Suggested-by: Gregory Rose Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Reviewed-by: Greg Rose Acked-by: Flavio Leitner --- Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst index 0ddd24502cc9..1755c8a6691a 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst @@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ Examples of common tags follow. If the author and submitter are different, each must sign off. If the patch has more than one author, all must sign off. + Signed-off-by tags should be the last tags in the commit message. If the + author (or authors) and submitter are different, the author tags should come + first. More generally, occasionally a patch might pass through a chain of + submitters, and in such a case the sign-offs should be arranged in + chronological order. + :: Signed-off-by: Author Name