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felixc
on Feb 26, 2015
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The Git game: Guess who on your team wrote a commi...
Not as originally implemented for use in the Linux kernel. It's meant to identify the original author, who is signing off on agreeing to contribute the patch as open source.
See
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
section 11: “Sign your work”.
saraid216
on Feb 26, 2015
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Ah. I've seen it show up in the GUIs for a coworker or two, but I've never actually seen it filled in.
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See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches section 11: “Sign your work”.