Re: linux-next: Signed-off-bys missing for commits in the block tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Aug 30 2017 - 13:34:26 EST


Hi Christoph,

On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:09:36 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> They all have singnoffs from the original committer. It's just
> that we team-maintain the tree and had a rebase.
>
> Are we supposed to add another Signoff just for the rebase?

From a previous discussion, Linus said:

"On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I would say that if you rebase someone's commit(s), then you are on the
> "patch's delivery path" and so should add a Signed-off-by tag.

Yeah, I agree. Rebasing really is pretty much the exact same thing as
applying a patch."

So, yes, you are suppose to.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell