On 2010-02-25 at 22:25:35 [+0100], François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Le Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:20:04 +0100, Ingo Weinhold a écrit : > > On 2010-02-25 at 17:28:28 [+0100], Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > As for the attribution aspect, with every patch everyone does make > > > an > > > effort to credit the patch author in the commit message. > > > > I wonder whether there's a standard format for commit messages that > > allows > > tools/sites like Ohloh to correctly recognize the actual patch > > author. > > Possibly the Signed-off-by tags used in linux patches: > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/8329 > > if copied to the commit log... I think it's actually "Author:", while "Signed-off-by:" would be someone who revised the patch. I guess it doesn't harm to experiment a bit with it. CU, Ingo