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Re: [egit-dev] Working on somebody else patch set in Gerrit
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On 05/18/2010 12:48 AM, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> Dariusz Luksza <dariusz.luksza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So that it seams that I can't work on somebody else changes because
>> I'm not an author. Do you know any workarounds for this 'issue' ?
>
> Currently, only committers are allowed to use a different author
> line. This is because the author line is what we report for
> attribution in the project's IP logs, so we need to be reasonably
> certain that the author line is correct for the foundation's records.
>
>> I would prefer work on this patch set instead of creating a new one.
>
> You need to change the author in your commit to be you, but maybe
> add a "Also-by: ..." line in the footer of the commit message.
>
> E.g. `git commit --amend --author 'Dariusz Luksza <dariusz.luksza@xxxxxxxxx>'`
>
OK, I'll change author and add "Also-by", thanks for answer ;)
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