That'd be excellent. It would help address the wonky picture we currently
get when git history is mined to figure 'contributors'. It would be a PITA
and will likely fall-by-the-wayside if it is up to the committer to fill in
the info. If it could be automated, filled in by a git commit-hook, that'd
be sweet.

St.Ack

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey folks!
>
> I was trying to think of ways to better recognize efforts put on
> reviews today and it occurred to me that only patches from
> non-committers get a signed-off-by line today.
>
> What do folks think about adding a signed-off-by for everyone who
> provided a review (commiter or not)?
>
> I'm not exactly clear on what the logistics would be. I guess one way
> would be for the reviewer to upload an updated patch with their
> signed-off-by in place. that seems kind of heavy weight. Maybe whoever
> pushes the commit could add them?
>
> Kind of related, but maybe I should start a new thread, while
> reviewing lately I've been wondering if I could just sign-off and push
> some of the patches, even when the submitter is a committer. I'm
> thinking those that aren't labeled as a WIP or first pass or similar.
>
> -Sean
>

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