>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Richard Stallman >> Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:31:22 -0500 >> >> > > > You should always commit with --author set to the author's name. The >> > > > attribution should be as accurate as possible, regardless of whether >> > > > the contribution is legally significant. >> >> Perhaps we should send a message about this point >> to each person with commit access. Our committers would more >> reliably do it, with this reminder. > That is unlikely to have any effect, down the way. People easily > forget this stuff. And the list of people with commit access is very > long. The message I posted to emacs-devel, which you quote, is likely > to have the same or better effect, because everyone who is actively > involved reads it. > We have this spelled out in CONTRIBUTE already: > ** Committing changes by others > If committing changes written by someone else, commit in their name, > not yours. You can use 'git commit --author="AUTHOR"' to specify a > change's author. Just one observation, by author you mean Author = Name Right?