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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 2d294b5f9e..88581b208c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -11,10 +11,18 @@ try to follow them too. # Git commits: - The original author of the changes should be the author of the commit. -The "Signed-off-by" git flag is used to by committers to indicate they -agreed with project's DCO as described in [DCO.txt](doc/DCO.txt). Note -that we no longer require FSF copyright assignment. +Note that when contributing code you will need to assert that the contribution is +in accordance to the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" as found in the +file [DCO.txt](doc/DCO.txt). + +To indicate that, make sure that your contributions (patches or merge requests), +contain a "Signed-off-by" line, with your real name and e-mail address. +To automate the process use "git am -s" to produce patches and/or set the +a template to simplify this process, as follows. + +``` +git config commit.template devel/git-template +``` # Test suite: |