Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time

[Junio C Hamano]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> +
>> +These tags are:
>> +
>> +From: 	   	The original author of the patch.  This tag will ensure
>> +		that credit is properly given when somebody other than the
>> +		original author submits the patch.
>
> "From:" is not a tag. It's a special marker at the *top* (and _only_ the 
> top) of the email, which indicates authorship. It goes along with markers 
> like "Date:" and "Subject:", and has nothing to do with the sign-off-like 
> tags at the end.

True.  When one or more of these appear at the top (and _only_
the top) of a patch e-mail,

	From:		the person who wrote the patch
        Date:		the date of the authorship
        Subject:	the title of the patch

we override the corresponding values we obtain from the mail
header.  Documenting them is probably a good idea but they
should be described separately from S-o-b: and friends to avoid
confusion.


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