Explain reason for Signed-off-by in CONTRIBUTING
Reviewed-by: Giuseppe Di Natale <dinatale2@llnl.gov> Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov> Reviewed-by: George Melikov <mail@gmelikov.ru> Reviewed-by: Haakan T Johansson <f96hajo@chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Kash Pande <kash@tripleback.net> Closes #6183
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please summarize important information such as why the proposed
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please summarize important information such as why the proposed
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approach was chosen or a brief description of the bug you are resolving.
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approach was chosen or a brief description of the bug you are resolving.
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Each line of the body must be 72 characters or less.
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Each line of the body must be 72 characters or less.
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* The last line must be a `Signed-off-by:` line with the developer's
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* The last line must be a `Signed-off-by:` tag with the developer's
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name followed by their email.
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name followed by their email. This is the developer's certification
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that they have the right to submit the patch for inclusion into
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the code base and indicates agreement to the [Developer's Certificate
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of Origin](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin).
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Code without a proper signoff cannot be merged.
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Git can append the `Signed-off-by` line to your commit messages. Simply
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Git can append the `Signed-off-by` line to your commit messages. Simply
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provide the `-s` or `--signoff` option when performing a `git commit`.
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provide the `-s` or `--signoff` option when performing a `git commit`.
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