Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags

From: Himanshu Jha
Date: Fri Dec 14 2018 - 15:58:10 EST


On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:16:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:35:28 +0100 Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> > valid signature.
> >
>
> I'm with Joe - I find this tag kinda useless and duplicative. But whatever.

I'm fine either way, just the problem is:

Co-developed-by Vs Co-Developed-by

with checkpatch spitting out that it is not a valid signature.

In the end, I can completely remove the tag from docs if it is useless
and duplicative.

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Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology