[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/user-submitted/

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

commit:     71f8cc1a2a08d191c561b9af429df99189067879
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 02:27:55 2021 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Apr  7 17:28:13 2021 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=71f8cc1a

ebuild-writing/user-submitted: mention git commit --author

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
index b97af10..b5bc8a8 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ commit message format section</uri>, is highly encouraged.
 Note that ebuilds received in the form of git patches or pull requests
 will have the user as the commit author by default, in which case
 including the user information in the commit message explicitly
-may not be necessary.
+may not be necessary. If that is not the case, you may wish to use
+git commit's <c>--author</c> parameter to explicitly give them credit.
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