From 5dce54916004a5539c3f810b4a59ffac7c5f9e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Sixt Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:11:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] gitk: discourage AI contributions Since the provenance of code generated by AI cannot be tracked with confidence, which would be necessary to sign off a contribution, tell contributors not to use AI. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt --- README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2e307463c6..c4027882ae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ are also accepted. All commits must be signed off (use `git commit --signoff`) and should have commit messages prefixed with `gitk:`. -Email Patches -------------- - Send patches to git@vger.kernel.org and CC j6t@kdbg.org. See the Git project's [patch submission guidelines](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches) for detailed instructions on creating and sending patches. +Please do not submit work that originated from AI, because this project +is down-streamed to the Git project, which has a rather +[strict AI guideline](https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches#ai). + License =======