docs: make it clearer that a Signed-off-by is wanted on patches

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Benno Schulenberg 2017-11-12 11:54:17 +01:00
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@ -93,12 +93,15 @@ first create a branch off of master:
$ git checkout -b somename $ git checkout -b somename
Then change the code so it does what you want, and commit it, with in the Then change the code so it does what you want, and commit it together
commit message (after the one-line summary) a rationale for the change: with your Sign-off:
$ git commit -as $ git commit -as
Then create a patch (or patches): In the commit message (after the one-line summary) give a rationale
for the change. With your Signed-off-by you declare that the code is
yours, or that you are free to reuse it, and that you submit it under
the license that covers nano. Then create a patch (or patches):
$ git format-patch master $ git format-patch master