ChangeLog files are auto-generated by infra post git-migration. For user-submitted ebuilds, include the user information in the commit message instead. Mention that user submitted git patches and pull requests preserve the authorship information by default.
X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu> --- ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml index ef80c0d..22f8fa8 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ The user-submitted ebuild must not contain custom headers like this: </pre> <p> -Such information should be added to the <c>ChangeLog</c> instead. -The first <c>ChangeLog</c> entry should always credit the user who -submitted the ebuild, with their full name and e-mail address. +Such information should be included in the git commit message instead. +Note that ebuilds received in the form of git patches or pull requests +will have the user as the commit author by default, in which case +including the user information in the commit message explicitly +may not be necessary. </p> <p> -- 2.4.10
