+1 to using "Assisted-by". The Apache guidelines at https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html#:~:text=When%20providing%20contributions,Tooling%2DProvenance%20file do not dictate any particular indicator, but I still think we should have an indicator that AI tooling was used to better communicate who/what exactly generated the change.
On 2026/05/04 23:23:56 Quanlong Huang wrote: > I think "Assisted-by" used in the Linux communities is more > suitable/accurate. It means "AI is considered a tool (similar to a compiler > or static analysis tool) and not an author. The human contributor must > review, understand, and vouch for every line of code, regardless of whether > it was written by them or an AI". > > https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html > https://docs.rockylinux.org/10/guides/contribute/ai-contribution-policy/ > > Quanlong > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:07 PM Zoltán Borók-Nagy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Michael. Yeah, I agree that we should have clear guidelines and I > > also don't think we should overuse "Generated-by" if it was only used for > > fairly trivial stuff. > > > > I also find the scope of "Generated-by" in the commit message too large as > > it doesn't provide any hint which parts were AI generated. > > > > I think it would make sense to add "Generated-by" to class/function > > comments that were mostly generated by AI. > > > > - Zoltan > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM Michael Smith <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > These guidelines seem to leave some of the specifics up to individual > > > projects. I think we should agree on some clearer guidelines for > > > contributors, and post it on our wiki > > > < > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IMPALA/Contributing+to+Impala > > > >. > > > > > > I do have GitHub Copilot enabled, and my rule-of-thumb is if I do more > > than > > > accept small auto-complete suggestions (not much different to what > > > pre-generative tooling produced) that I can immediately understand, I add > > > "Generated-by: GitHub Copilot (<model>)" to the commit message, like in > > > apache/impala#ac1c11dd > > > < > > > > > https://github.com/apache/impala/commit/ac1c11dd8256e8a81e138f43663de06610441d41 > > > > > > > or apache/impala#c0b3580 > > > < > > > > > https://github.com/apache/impala/commit/c0b35807543f96cb382240717ab552d17f6f78a6 > > > > > > > . > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM Zoltán Borók-Nagy <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Contributors, > > > > > > > > With AI tools getting more popular these days, please take some time to > > > > read the ASF Generative Tooling Guidance: > > > > https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Zoltan Borok-Nagy > > > > > > > > > >
