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authorTaylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>2024-10-30 13:08:04 -0400
committerTaylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>2024-10-30 13:08:04 -0400
commit99478039266cebdb3e2908b954e5ee8e0922b31c (patch)
treea05e9c52485c2fb196094478f3c456575ec52039
parent6f763d798b9cfed734c3f2fcc6da37db9a83710e (diff)
parent52acf6771bab465d34ed75689c87b118aaefc869 (diff)
downloadgit-99478039266cebdb3e2908b954e5ee8e0922b31c.tar.gz
Merge branch 'kh/submitting-patches'
Docfix. * kh/submitting-patches: SubmittingPatches: tags -> trailers
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index d8a8caa791..db17bc7fe2 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -412,13 +412,13 @@ Also notice that a real name is used in the `Signed-off-by` trailer. Please
don't hide your real name.
[[commit-trailers]]
-If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
+If you like, you can put extra trailers at the end:
. `Reported-by:` is used to credit someone who found the bug that
the patch attempts to fix.
. `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
-. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
+. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other trailers, can only be offered by the
reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
patch after a detailed analysis.
. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ While you can also create your own trailer if the situation warrants it, we
encourage you to instead use one of the common trailers in this project
highlighted above.
-Only capitalize the very first letter of tags, i.e. favor
+Only capitalize the very first letter of the trailer, i.e. favor
"Signed-off-by" over "Signed-Off-By" and "Acked-by:" over "Acked-By".
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