From 7ea0e7ad861f0d126e08586c4e0423257ed816aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tulir Asokan Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:23:28 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify "real name" in contributor requirements This updates the sign-off requirements to match what most other matrix-org and element-hq repos already have. The change was first made in synapse: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/3467 Signed-off-by: Tulir Asokan --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index f93b44f4..a1228769 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -163,10 +163,14 @@ include the line in your commit or pull request comment:: Signed-off-by: Your Name -...using your real name; unfortunately pseudonyms and anonymous contributions -can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do -``git commit``, having first set ``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs -(which you should have done anyway :) +We accept contributions under a legally identifiable name, such as +your name on government documentation or common-law names (names +claimed by legitimate usage or repute). Unfortunately, we cannot +accept anonymous contributions at this time. + +Git allows you to add this signoff automatically when using the ``-s`` +flag to ``git commit``, which uses the name and email set in your +``user.name`` and ``user.email`` git configs. Private sign off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~