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authorStefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>2014-12-17 20:13:56 -0500
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2014-12-29 18:20:13 -0500
commite00bfcbf043877fb85f77daf330a01e057dfcf3b (patch)
tree46ed1d4b17154464f5ab9d0edd7bf0f6d19c4716
parente71e2c6fbbac673f3e222c7a6b6b62bcf6f40fb1 (diff)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: unify whitespace/tabs for the DCO
The Developers Certificate of Origin has a mixture of tabs and white spaces which is annoying to view if your editor explicitly views white space characters. Also remove any trailing white spaces found in the file. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ Do not send more than 15 patches at once to the vger mailing lists!!!
223 223
224 224
225Linus Torvalds is the final arbiter of all changes accepted into the 225Linus Torvalds is the final arbiter of all changes accepted into the
226Linux kernel. His e-mail address is <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>. 226Linux kernel. His e-mail address is <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>.
227He gets a lot of e-mail, so typically you should do your best to -avoid- 227He gets a lot of e-mail, so typically you should do your best to -avoid-
228sending him e-mail. 228sending him e-mail.
229 229
230Patches which are bug fixes, are "obvious" changes, or similarly 230Patches which are bug fixes, are "obvious" changes, or similarly
231require little discussion should be sent or CC'd to Linus. Patches 231require little discussion should be sent or CC'd to Linus. Patches
@@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ can certify the below:
387 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified 387 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
388 it. 388 it.
389 389
390 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution 390 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
391 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all 391 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
392 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is 392 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
393 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with 393 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
394 this project or the open source license(s) involved. 394 this project or the open source license(s) involved.
395 395
396then you just add a line saying 396then you just add a line saying
397 397
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
401 401
402Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for 402Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
403now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just 403now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
404point out some special detail about the sign-off. 404point out some special detail about the sign-off.
405 405
406If you are a subsystem or branch maintainer, sometimes you need to slightly 406If you are a subsystem or branch maintainer, sometimes you need to slightly
407modify patches you receive in order to merge them, because the code is not 407modify patches you receive in order to merge them, because the code is not