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authorPierre-Yves Péneau <pierre-yves.peneau@lirmm.fr>2017-03-10 09:58:16 +0100
committerPierre-Yves Péneau <pierre-yves.peneau@lirmm.fr>2017-03-20 14:31:32 +0000
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misc: add copyright/name information for contribution
Change-Id: I9242ce50b86b02ec1880d411627da11265cb8961 Signed-off-by: Pierre-Yves Péneau <pierre-yves.peneau@lirmm.fr> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2328 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
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@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ of Origin (DCO) [https://developercertificate.org/].
It is imperative that you use your real name and your real email address in
both tags and in the author field of the changeset.
+For significant changes, authors are encouraged to add copyright information
+and their names at the beginning of the file. The main purpose of the author
+names on the file is to track who is most knowledgeable about the file (e.g.,
+who has contributed a significant amount of code to the file).
+
Note: If you do not follow these guidelines, the gerrit review site will
automatically reject your patch.
If this happens, update your changeset descriptions to match the required style