All commits authored by contributors who are not project committers must be
signed off. To pass the IP validation hook (i.e. to get a green light), the
author email must match the signed-off-by email, and we need to have a
signed ECA for that email address.

The IP tools scan git repositories using a variation of this query:

git log --exclude='_old/*' --branches --no-merges --numstat --format=fuller

Basically every commit the repository is indexed regardless of branch. Pure
merge commits are excluded, but I'm pretty sure that this will include the
squashed commits (they're just commits, right?). If this query is wrong,
please open a bug against "Community/IP Log Tool" and we can discuss it
there.

Note that we support a notion of multiple authors
<https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit> on a commit
using "Also-by" tags in the commit message footer.

I can confirm that the index includes commit
a801ef49386cc13c156ebf2a4dd8eceb9b8c91cf.

The tools only work as well as the data provided. The commit that's
attributed to you has a different email address than what you've registered
for your Eclipse Foundation account. It also appears that Jakub is using a
different email address in Git commits than is registered in his account.
I've added mappings for these email addresses (that will be included in the
queries when the indexer script run tonight).

If you can send me a private email with the list of things that you feel
are incorrect in the log, I can address the issues specifically. I don't
think that there's any value for the list to see that interaction.

There is more information about IP Logs and the IP Log Generator in the
handbook <https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#ip-iplog>. I'll put
some energy into expanding how the generator decides what to include and
how to identify and fix problems.

Wayne



On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Jens von Pilgrim <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks for the answers so far. I probably didn't make myself clear.
> So I will follow up on that:
>
> 1) When does a contributor needs to "sign-off" a commit.
>
> The ip-validation give a green light if at least one commit was signed-off.
> E.g.
>         https://github.com/eclipse/n4js/pull/77
>
> The contributor (szarnekow) didn't signed off all commits. We were still
> able to (squash) merge the commit.
>
> My question basically is: What is required (by the ip-validation) to give
> a green light?
>
> 2) How are "Squash and Merge" commits recognized by the ip-tooling?
>
> Apparently the ip-tooling is aware of "Squash and Merge" commits. We ONLY
> use squash-and-merge commits. E.g.
>
> https://github.com/eclipse/n4js/commit/a801ef49386cc13c156eb
> f2a4dd8eceb9b8c91cf
>
> In the Who's involved section of the project page, all contributors are
> listed: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.n4js/who
>
> The can be further analyzed when creating an IP log. The commit above is
> listed as
>
> Brian Thomas Smith (1 contribution)
> a801ef  70,480 lines    07/21/2017      #85: Update (prepared) download
> section of N4JS webpage (#86)
>
> which is correctly assigned to the contributor.
>
> Unfortunately this is where the "everything works fine" seems to stop.
> In our generated IP log,
> - I see the "Squash and Merge" commits correctly assigned to the
> contributors
> - I see some commits assigned to committers. (to different branches)
> - I do not see a lot of other commits (from committers)
>
> "Any commit that was authored by non-committers are automatically listed.
> Please see Handling Git Contributions to ensure that Git commits are
> properly structured." [https://wiki.eclipse.org/PMI/IP_Log_Generator]
>
> The "Handling Git" [https://wiki.eclipse.org/Deve
> lopment_Resources/Handling_Git_Contributions#Git] doesn't explain our IP
> log result.
> At least in our case, a lot of commits from committers are listed as
> "contributions".
>
> What are the rules in the IP-tooling to create the IP-log? What do I need
> to keep in mind when using "Squash and Merge" commits? Should also
> committers work on forks instead of branches to keep the IP-log short?
> Or are there simply bugs in the IP-log generator?
>
> Best regards,
> Jens
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> incubation mailing list
> [email protected]
> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe
> from this list, visit
> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation
>



-- 
Wayne Beaton
Director of Open Source Projects
The Eclipse Foundation
_______________________________________________
incubation mailing list
[email protected]
To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from 
this list, visit
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation

Reply via email to