Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Add Sponsored-by tag to give credits to who sponsored the patch

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon Aug 21 2023 - 08:07:53 EST


On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 11:29:27AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > but you might have (eg)
> >
> > Laurent Pinchard (Coca-Cola) <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > and then when working for another sponsor:
> >
> > Laurent Pinchard (Ford) <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just an observation, git shortlog -s/-se groups/distinguishes,
> respectively, the author and sponsor in Laurent's approach. Not so with
> Matthew's approach.

Hm?

$ git shortlog -s next-20230817..
1 Matthew Wilcox (Novartis)
25 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)

$ git shortlog -se next-20230817..
1 Matthew Wilcox (Novartis) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
25 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>