Questions about git co-author

[Dmitry V. Levin]

Hi,

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:17:44PM +0800, Zhibin Li wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As you may know, I'm working on DRM ioctl decoding based on Patrik's
> patchset.
> And I presume that I'm supposed to add some labels in the patches I send
> such
> as "Co-authored by" to indicate that Patrik and I both work on this.
> But here's the question: how can I keep the author of every line of code
> correct?
> I mean when using git blame we can see who modified a specific line of code.

AFAICT git blame shows a single author (the one specified in "author" tag
of the corresponding commit object), it is not capable of listing co-authors.

> I tried to squash my modifications with Patrik's original patch but the info
> mentioned above is overwritten. Is there any common way to keep it correct?
> Does it matter or adding "Co-authored by" is enough?

For the purpose of attribution, Co-authored-by should be enough.


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