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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:42:36 +0000
From:      Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: b60267f837 - main - comitters-guide: Update Submitted: by trailer
Message-ID:  <698d5a3c.22ca6.ac36ed6@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by ziaee:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b60267f837929dfbdc16dfb62c256abe32e56ba6

commit b60267f837929dfbdc16dfb62c256abe32e56ba6
Author:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-12 04:39:38 +0000
Commit:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-12 04:39:52 +0000

    comitters-guide: Update Submitted: by trailer
    
    Suggested by:           imp
    Discussed with:         emaste
    Reviewed by:            markj
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55120
---
 documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
index ca2b4706f3..afaea189cb 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
@@ -2588,11 +2588,13 @@ Typically used when there is no PR, for example if the issue was reported on
 a mailing list.
 
 |`Submitted by:` +
-(deprecated)
-|This has been deprecated with the migration to git; submitted patches should have the author set by using `git commit --author` with a full name and valid email.
+(discouraged)
+|Name of an author who submitted a change without providing a full valid patch, especially without a valid email.
+Submitted patches should have the author set by using `git commit --author` with a full name and valid email.
+Before the migration to git allowed separate author and committer fields, this was used for contributed patches.
 
 |`Reviewed by:`
-a|
+|
 The name and e-mail address of the person or people that reviewed the change; for developers, just the username on the FreeBSD cluster. If a patch was submitted to a mailing list for review, and the review was favorable, then just include the list name. If the reviewer is not a member of the project, provide the name, email, and if ports an external role like maintainer:
 
 Reviewed by a developer:


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