which can be found in :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
Code without a proper signoff cannot be merged into the mainline.
- - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
- along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple
- people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a
- Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well.
+ - Co-developed-by: states that the patch was co-created by several developers;
+ it is a used to give attribution to co-authors (in addition to the author
+ attributed by the From: tag) when multiple people work on a single patch.
+ Every Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by a Signed-off-by: of
+ the associated co-author. Details and examples can be found in
+ :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`.
- Acked-by: indicates an agreement by another developer (often a
maintainer of the relevant code) that the patch is appropriate for