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#20400
wrong author line in generated ChangeLog
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Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:43:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 25.0.50
Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
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> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:45 +0100
> From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 20400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I
> > guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has
> > authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one
> > passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself".
>
> Yes, please. That's exactly what caused my confusion.
> CONTRIBUTE should tell us to use the regular git author, and then mention that
> the header is available for when additional authors are needed. The way it is
> written sounds like you must use the header if the author is not you.
I fixed this, although with a different text than suggested above
(which I find too long and confusing). Let me know if the new text
needs more work.
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