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Documentation/SubmittingPatches: What's Acked-by and Tested-by? 

We used to talk about "internal company procedures", but this
document is about submitting patches to the git mailing list.

More useful information is when to say Acked-by: and Tested-by:.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -216,10 +216,18 @@ then you just add a line saying
This line can be automatically added by git if you run the git-commit This line can be automatically added by git if you run the git-commit
command with the -s option. command with the -s option.


Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for Notice that you can place your own Signed-off-by: line when
now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just forwarding somebody else's patch with the above rules for
point out some special detail about the sign-off. D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to
place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute
the change to its true author (see (2) above).


Some people also put extra tags at the end.

"Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who
is more familiar with the issues and the area the patch attempts
to modify. "Tested-by:" says the patch was tested by the person
and found to have the desired effect.


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