Documentation: include sign off for reverts
Currently, we do not have any documentation on commit reverts regarding the requirement of Signed-off-by tag for it. This may be misleading to the users. Evaluating MISSING_SIGN_OFF checkpatch warnings on v4.13..v5.8 showed that 4 out of 11 cases missing a sign-off are revert commits. Add documentation regarding the same to document the community consensus and let readers know. Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201110174749.32068-1-yashsri421@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ then you just add a line saying::
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using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
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This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``.
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Reverts should also include "Signed-off-by". ``git revert -s`` does that
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for you.
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Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
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now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
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