On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> > > + listed in the last "Signed-off-by:" line in the message when Linus
> > ^^^^
> > Shouldn't this be the first?
>
> When I sent a patch with no "from" line, and two "Signed-off-by"
> lines (the patch that prompted this excursion into documentation
> excellence) Linus stated that the patch author ended up coming from
> the second "Signed-off-by" line.
>
> Perhaps it "should" be the first (actually - I tend to agree),
> but it seems that it "is" the last.
No. If there is no "From:" at the top of the body, the authorship is taken
from the "From:" from the _email_.
Which _usually_ matches the last Signed-off-line:, of course. But can be
anything.
Linus
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