Re: [PATCH] Document from line in patch format

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:

> Tony wrote:
> > > +    listed in the last "Signed-off-by:" line in the message when Linus
> >                      ^^^^ 
> > Shouldn't this be the first?
> 
> When I sent a patch with no "from" line, and two "Signed-off-by"
> lines (the patch that prompted this excursion into documentation
> excellence) Linus stated that the patch author ended up coming from
> the second "Signed-off-by" line.
> 
> Perhaps it "should" be the first (actually - I tend to agree),
> but it seems that it "is" the last.

No. If there is no "From:" at the top of the body, the authorship is taken 
from the "From:" from the _email_.

Which _usually_ matches the last Signed-off-line:, of course. But can be 
anything.

		Linus
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