From nobody Fri Jan 23 14:05:34 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dyKTC2S39z6PGjs for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dyKTB5fDLz3ttN for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769177134; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=24UrIDgWjRfXbyWPmqohBDuZB+YKBQSD3+oObbxQF0E=; b=HivXrudoOmb1aaZm5QngYE/SCkPJrg9NUrfb5YqrKMQhYH0uEd4TOFvD0cR+3UBBzHH1kY f2BzSDI49+7YuvhBcWgLQQa1tIjVZIfIljE7lLaxkQ/Y0YB5LWeCMYD9Vl8xcK5wI4HQoa 3xV2JfO78q7AHLVXmJuDlf9kyRHAljuHVzQt6Z4loBA8aDMDyWFMEKh0YnUlDDYsOLh5jd bxJO8nGVhmffduW/0kCJiFLQRnxECP7qZe3ApFXjS0iJagpcnw0fhK6mJY6XXHlrGxVero QYlvctm9xe3tfKlkXYdSZ27BZugyzLsfv8ks6g01LXT3C63mPpoRV+EyfiQwsw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769177134; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=24UrIDgWjRfXbyWPmqohBDuZB+YKBQSD3+oObbxQF0E=; b=oNAoURQWOxgXZEyNTQoJu5GqV61nRYqVjWXg9Sk1AKt2KF6goj8b3onDzkPUMGKI1DG49h Fk6sumCI/gFCEGojCJuMLPJtcBsF6vxAHXQ65YP58gs7FV/HYjy2nFU/2WKVWrjB0k0vJl OoxzWo8SWw5pwjjwEDQ6By0lAwxJMqqDnuSHBYaN79oMN/OAmWIkhEesmlIIqZBaJRzeo/ YGQ6rC1ORuXQMLPKICp01zZPZC8b9EJmzyVDVij1JUB57U7oSmD1PzM1KwHkzll2Z7iHdC oQsNT3Jdb5AT5+FmAmSl63oMlcZvnXu2XKSivv3tDDT088nD7xsTD9xuiJJYlQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1769177134; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=e+ZUNqIZaawNck/6J/tgQGDcvjqKosx8IS3e8xgedX3U4U4aeQYVN1AULNudzhwg7qTEqL 39QICjxZEjyp32TF6YPAmO15vz/SQIPSTlSBbGgXEKn7gLtwO9pBVFGZgKpoIwTQCglG1T mZzItmhyqytGpzoheD1YHXquEwFKFlVW7pWqqncm41VFl0CWS0aIEqykxy5HLCw5PFnDRm Scko+zmZWo4hj1B1CFhplKbg1tzdCHCuZRGKtw35bDEqXLeV7mBX15CRkk5EREuuguRRGj X+cn+OJ+AP+N8ZWccstrRMo+aT35tf4jskX4cTr6ocxwAO3R/EfDPuOXtN7QZA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dyKTB4R5Wz5sH for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id d184 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:05:34 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org From: Warner Losh Subject: git: 6b9cbeed6437 - main - CONTRIBUTING.md: Tweaks for clarity List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: imp X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 6b9cbeed643756e90b6323f5b735f9765dcda0ad Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:05:34 +0000 Message-Id: <6973802e.d184.2b76f650@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6b9cbeed643756e90b6323f5b735f9765dcda0ad commit 6b9cbeed643756e90b6323f5b735f9765dcda0ad Author: Warner Losh AuthorDate: 2026-01-23 14:00:11 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh CommitDate: 2026-01-23 14:04:41 +0000 CONTRIBUTING.md: Tweaks for clarity Add a few tweaks to clarify the author and signed-off-by lines. Add clarifying note about the style checker. Refine the AI statements for clarity, but these will need to be revised once the AI policy has been completed. Sponsored by: Netflix --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 6f02f2598025..d80163fcd104 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ A pull request will be considered if: * You can respond to feedback quickly. If feedback is requested and one month passes without a response we may close the pull request. * It touches fewer than about 10 files and the changes are less than about 200 lines. Changes larger than this may be OK, or you may be asked to submit multiple pull requests of a more manageable size. * Each logical change is a separate commit within the pull request. Commit messages for each change should follow the [commit log message guide](https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#commit-log-message). -* All commits have, as the author, your name and valid email address as you would like to see them in the FreeBSD repository. Fake github.com addresses cannot be used. But see [Author Name and Email][#author-name-and-email] for details. +* All commits have, as the git author, your name and valid email address as you would like to see them in the FreeBSD repository. Fake github.com addresses cannot be used. But see [Author Name and Email][#author-name-and-email] for details. * The scope of the pull request should not change during review. If the review suggests changes that expand the scope, please create an independent pull request. * Fixup commits should be squashed with the commit they are fixing. 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