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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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@@ -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".
[[git-tools]]
@@ -692,16 +692,17 @@ rebase when I receive your patches).
Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own
repositories.
-- `git-gui/` comes from git-gui project, maintained by Johannes Sixt:
+- `git-gui/` comes from the git-gui project, maintained by Johannes Sixt:
https://github.com/j6t/git-gui
-- `gitk-git/` comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+ Contibutions should go via the git mailing list.
- git://git.ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
+- `gitk-git/` comes from the gitk project, maintained by Johannes Sixt:
- Those who are interested in improving gitk can volunteer to help Paul
- maintain it, cf. <YntxL/fTplFm8lr6@cleo>.
+ https://github.com/j6t/gitk
+
+ Contibutions should go via the git mailing list.
- `po/` comes from the localization coordinator, Jiang Xin: