| Message ID | 20250711-mathieu-sendmail_from-v1-1-c7b99352954f@bootlin.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | contributor-guide/submit-changes: Add real name in git sendmail.from | expand |
diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst index adb78fa08d8e..336b240f93ac 100644 --- a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst +++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ author name. The following will ensure that your e-mails have an additional maintainers accepting your patches don't have to fix commit author information manually:: - git config --global sendemail.from "linus.torvalds@kernel.org" + git config --global sendemail.from "Linus Torvalds <linus.torvalds@kernel.org>" The ``sendemail.from`` should match your ``user.email`` setting, which appears in the ``Signed-off-by`` line of your commits.
Fix the git configuration sendmail.from example to include the user real name in the mail "From:" field, as it would be the case when sendmail.from is not set. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> --- To: yocto-patches@lists.yoctoproject.org CC: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> --- documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- base-commit: 80084a4cabdf7f61c7e93eda8ddbd5bc7d54e041 change-id: 20250711-mathieu-sendmail_from-19b269a89d42 Best regards,